Early indications that chancellor will slash disability benefits and delay increases to the defence budget to the 2030s to avoid breaking borrowing rules

Chancellor defends decision to travel to Beijing where she is seeking to revive relations that have been frozen since 2019

By Laurie Chen and Andy Bruce BEIJING (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Saturday during a visit to Beijing that she intended to have "pragmatic" relations with Chinese leaders to boost exports to the world's second-largest economy.

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,