There’s a telling photograph of the chancellor which shows her sitting attentively, briefcase tucked on her chair, while the Chinese vice president holds forth in front of a classical landscape mural.

LABOUR MPs are turning fire on Rachel Reeves for cosying up to China as their cheap cars flood the UK. Blair McDougall slammed the Government for failing to impose tariffs on Chinese electric

Ms Reeves hailed the trip as a ‘significant milestone’ in Labour’s re-engagement with China, saying she had agreed deals worth £600 million over the next five years

Rachel Reeves's trip to China – the first by a British chancellor since 2019 - was always going to be controversial. In recent years Conservative governments have been keeping Beijing at arm's length - amid concern about espionage, the situation in Hong Kong, and the treatment of the Uyghurs.

The Treasury said a stable relationship with China would support economic growth - but critics said the chancellor should have stayed at home to address the market turmoil.

Exclusive: Former cabinet minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith said that the chancellor’s trip to Beijing was a desperate move ‘because she has trashed the economy’

Rachel Reeves will raise the case of detained ... He became the first British prime minister to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for more than six years at the G20 summit in Brazil in November.

The UK ‘must sometimes be involved’ with countries whose values ‘may not completely align with ours’, Foreign Office minister Catherine

Rachel Reeves, who is travelling with a delegation of British business leaders, will meet top Chinese finance and economic officials including Vice Premier He Lifeng

British finance minister Rachel Reeves, facing criticism for travelling to China during financial market turmoil at home, said on Saturday she will act to ensure the government's fiscal rules are met.

Sir Keir Starmer said Rachel Reeves will be Chancellor “for many, many years to come”, as Kemi Badenoch accused her of not being qualified to manage Britain’s finances. The Prime Minister said he did not have enough time to criticise previous Tory chancellors.