Rachel Reeves is under pressure after flying out for a trip to China during a week in which rising government borrowing costs has spooked the financial markets.

The value of the pound fell to its lowest level in over a year while UK borrowing costs jumped to their highest since the financial crisis

Voters will never forgive the Prime Minister and Chancellor if they don't clean up the mess they are making of the economy, senior Tory warns

Immensely pragmatic' Reeves will have a laser-focus on her job of growing the economy over other concerns when she visits China, a Labour insider said

The chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure to cancel a controversial trip to China as the UK economy faces another tumultuous day on the markets. Shadow home secretary Chris Philp blamed Labour for the soaring cost of government borrowing and said she “should stay in the UK fixing the mess her Budget has created”.

Rachel Reeves faces mounting pressure to cancel her trip to China as Britain grapples with a market crisis that has pushed Government borrowing costs to their highest level since the 2008 financial crash.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces demands to cancel a trip to China as the UK economy descends into chaos. She is jetting off to Beijing despite fears that a crisis on the financial markets could force her to impose fresh tax hikes or impose swingeing spending cuts.