More than 150,000 Hong Kongers have come to the UK since 2020 after China launched a crackdown under its national security law

Rachel Reeves is expected to raise support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and issues of human rights in Hong Kong during her trip to China.

Downing Street left door open to an emergency Budget in the spring following the rising cost of government borrowing

MPs and peers pen letter to Rachel Reeves urging her to raise plight of detained political prisoners during China trip.

Pressure is mounting on Rachel Reeves as the Chancellor arrived in China after a week when government borrowing hit an almost 30-year high. Bond market turmoil has seen the pound sink to a 14-month low against the dollar amid fears Reeves may have to rip up her own fiscal rules.

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.

Reeves vows ‘action’ to meet fiscal rules amid rise in borrowing costs - Problems on the gilt markets have overshadowed the Chancellor’s trip to China.

RACHEL Reeves has vowed to “make the UK better off” on her visit to China amid fury over a major debt crisis and a plummeting economy at home. The under-siege Chancellor met Chinese

Rachel Reeves has said that if the government is to succeed in its pursuit of economic growth, it must help British businesses export around the world. The chancellor insisted her visit to China last week delivered a “set of tangible benefits to ensure that British firms have greater access to the Chinese market,

This month Chancellor Rachel Reeves, struggling to spark growth in Britain’s economy, will fly to China to plead for a few crumbs from Xi’s table. She talks of being a “hard-headed economic realist” in her mission to boost trade with Beijing and will be joined by Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England boss, to underline its importance.

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.

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