Reeves used to be interested in what she called the everyday economy. “An industrial policy that increases private affluence by focusing on the already wealthy and high productivity areas will only lead to more public squalor, anger and division,” she wrote in a paper she co-authored in 2019.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year message on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 in Beijing to ring in 2025. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP) Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attend a meeting with Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the Great ...

TAIPEI TAIWAN - US President-elect Donald Trump held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday just hours after China announced its p

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,

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attend a meeting with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the ... Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year message on Tuesday, Dec ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect ... Han Zheng and Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (not pictured) attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the ...

Starmer’s Government is re-making the age-old mistakes in China diplomacy all over again. Those who frame the debate as a choice between whether or not to engage Beijing are proposing a false dichotomy. It is not about whether to talk or trade with China, but how? On whose terms, with what criteria, on what conditions and with what objectives?

The Metropolitan Police has abruptly dropped its objections to China's planned "super embassy" in London after reviewing a Beijing-funded research document, contradicting its own recent warnings about public safety risks.

Donald Trump has said he plans to call Sir Keir Starmer in the next 24 hours after it emerged the Prime Minister has been waiting for days to speak to the newly inaugurated President. In the first few days of his office,

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of putting national security at risk by succumbing to pressure from Beijing to override warnings from MI5 and the police about a proposed new Chinese ‘super embassy’ in the UK.

In a congratulatory message to this year's "The Icebreakers" Chinese New Year celebration, Vice-President Han Zheng expressed hope that friends from all sectors in China and the UK will continue to uphold the icebreaking spirit, characterized by great courage and forward-looking wisdom, to promote mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation.

Companies are cutting jobs at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis, barring the pandemic, after Rachel Reeves announced £40bn of tax rises in the Budget, according to a closely watched survey.