RACHEL Reeves has been blasted for laughing in Parliament while being confronted over soaring borrowing costs and the pound’s nosedive. The Chancellor was forced to break cover after jetting off

David Lammy and Yvette Cooper have thrown their weight behind Beijing’s bid to build a new “super-embassy” in London. The Cabinet ministers have backed the project just days after Rachel Reeves’s trip to China,

Rachel Reeves was mocked for performing a “Peking duck” as MPs accused her of fleeing to China to avoid Britain’s market meltdown. The under pressure Chancellor was met with fury as she faced scrutiny for the first time since returning from Beijing to woo its Communist leaders.

Watch as Rachel Reeves answered questions in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 13 January, after returning from a trip to China criticised by political opponents for coinciding with a week of volatility for the pound and soaring yields on UK bonds.

Siddiq was always an ill-advised choice for a Treasury role – and the wonder is that Reeves allowed a figure so inexperienced in finance to be in charge of tackling financial crime, even before the Bangladesh complexities and her property matters provided the coup de grace.

Rachel Reeves delivers her statement in the House of Commons after facing fury over market meltdown, during her visit to Beijing, meeting with communist leaders in a bid to wood them to do business in Britain.

Rachel Reeves, the UK Chancellor, embarks on a significant trade mission to China, aiming to bolster economic ties and explore investment opportunities. Her visit comes at a time when the UK economy faces challenges,

It comes after Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ own cosying up to Beijing, which experts have seen as an attempt to “hedge” against Trump’s unpredictable presidency, an approach which the EU had previously looked on dimly but is now aping.

China's relations are starting to improve with Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House.

Exclusive: Insiders say the UK has no choice but to accept Trump’s terms for on trade as neither the EU or China has produced significant deals

Small businesses will have to pay for higher NICs, higher minimum wages and the additional costs of complying with new regulations

The Chinese government imposed sanctions on seven companies on Friday in response to US military sales and other forms of support for Taiwan, some of which were signed into law this week by US ...