The first step in revitalizing UK-China relations is to restore high-level dialogue mechanism, which is a key aspect of the Labour government's approach to engaging with China. Since taking office, Starmer has put into action the Labour Party's election manifesto commitment to a "cooperate-compete-challenge" policy toward China,

The details of Made in China 2025 are laid out in hundreds of official documents. A so-called “Green Book”, published by a committee of China’s top engineers, identified targets for government largesse.

There is no need for new City minister Emma Reynolds to step back from any duties because of her lobbying past, Downing Street has said. Reynolds has taken over the role from Tulip Siddiq, who resigned on Tuesday as an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh involving her intensified.

China and Britain have restarted economic and financial talks after a six-year hiatus during a visit by Britain’s Treasury chief to Beijing

Top regional official says he hopes students from US and elsewhere will realise ‘slander’ about alleged forced labour is ‘completely a lie’.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves began a visit to China on Saturday, seeking to revive dialogue with the world's number two economy as UK borrowing costs soar. Reeves, whose formal title is Chancellor of the Exchequer,

Responding to the news that neither ministers nor officials have had any meetings with Trump’s team ahead of his return to the White House, shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith described it as “utterly negligent”.

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They do say you shouldn’t take anything for granted and it seems Peter Mandelson is beginning to realise that too. He may have thought that his new appointment as UK ambassador to the US was set

The shadow foreign secretary on Labour’s naivety over China, Trump’s greatest strength and why the UK desperately needs conservative values

Ms Ghani is understood to have been ticked off by her boss, Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle , and reminded of the convention that, as his deputy, she must avoid major public political interventions.