Rachel Reeves has refused to comment on the state of Britain's economic turmoil during her visit to China, as the Tories hit out at Starmer's Chancellor going "missing". During her visit to bicycle-maker Brompton’s flagship Beijing store earlier today,

Rachel Reeves has insisted she won't budge on her “non-negotiable” fiscal rules laid out in the October budget while staunchly defending her China visit, which has come amid market turbulence back in Britain.

A defiant Rachel Reeves has defended flying to China for a business trip in the face of fears that Britain is heading for an economic crisis. As the pound hit a new 14-month low and the cost of government borrowing rose again,