A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellor’s way are huge.

Guidance for private security industry warns they will be breaking the law if they deliberately work for hostile state actors

Revival of dialogue is a positive step with London badly seeking to boost the national economy and Beijing reaching out under shadow of Donald Trump.

But the party chair’s deregulation calls prompted a united response from his online critics, who all reminded him of the devastating 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, where years of deregulation and a lack of safety checks led to the death of at least 72 people.

The United Kingdom Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, gave a speech yesterday in Oxford in which she emphasised the importance of political and

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a major speech on the economy, vowing to get Britain growing again, and claiming that there “is no trade-off between economic growth and net zero”. A judge blocked production of oil and gas from the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields in the North Sea.

In a major speech in Oxford yesterday, the Chancellor said she was prepared to 'fight' with opponents who stand in the way of her reforms.

HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker leaned into the microphone at a vast conference table in Beijing, telling British business leaders and senior Chinese officials that he spoke for all UK businesses present in hoping for stronger economic ties.

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 Guardian believes the chancellor is staking the government's success on kickstarting economic growth. It says her speech is being seen inside government as a chance to pivot away from the economic doom and gloom of Labour's first month's in power, and instead focus on delivering real change.

China's AI success has come from policy and Chancellor Rachel Reeves's recent visit to China highlights the importance of a close relationship.

HSBC has unveiled plans to slash chunks of its investment bank across Europe and America, as bosses seek to focus increasingly on China.