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Chancellor Rachel Reeves accused of refusing to ‘resist her personal failures’ amid market turmoil | Politics Information

Editorial Board Published January 15, 2025
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of refusing to “face up to her own failures” by “jetting off to Beijing” throughout every week of market turmoil.

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride accused the chancellor of ducking tough questions because the “government was losing control of the economy” whereas Ms Reeves visited China over the previous week with a delegation together with the governor of the Financial institution of England and the heads of HSBC, Commonplace Chartered and Schroders.

On Monday, each long-term 30-year and 10-year authorities borrowing prices rose, with the 30-year efficient rate of interest (the gilt yield) reaching a brand new excessive of 5.47% – a price not seen since mid-1998.

The pound additionally hit a 14-month low, prompting questions over the chancellor’s future.

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She acquired a slight reprieve on Tuesday morning because the pound recovered some loss and ticked up barely to $1.22, whereas authorities borrowing prices dipped barely.

However the Conservatives used Ms Reeves’s absence over the previous week to assault her, with Mr Stride telling the Commons: “Whereas the federal government was dropping management of the financial system, the place was the chancellor?

“Her journey to China had not even begun when my pressing query was taken within the Home final week, she was nonetheless within the nation, however she despatched the chief secretary quite than resist her personal failures.

“So can I ask (Rachel Reeves) why she selected to not reply herself? The chancellor, in fact, ducked the tough questions by jetting off to Beijing.

“I believe that in Labour circles, they are calling it the Peking duck.”

Picture:Chinese language Vice President Han Zheng with Rachel Reeves in Beijing throughout her go to. Pic: AP

However Ms Reeves dismissed the criticism and vowed to stay to the fiscal guidelines she set out within the October price range – to get day-to-day spending by way of tax receipts and get debt down as a share of the financial system.

“We remain committed to those fiscal rules and we will meet them at all times,” she stated.

She additionally defended her journey to China, saying participating with nations around the globe will “deliver growth”, and stated she introduced up human rights points with China.

“Leadership is not about ducking these challenges, it is about rising to them,” she instructed the Commons.

“And the economic headwinds that we face are a reminder that we should, indeed we must go further and faster in our plan to kickstart economic growth that plunged under the last government.”

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The chancellor stated her journey to China has meant better entry to the Chinese language marketplace for British companies and helped safeguard the UK’s nationwide safety.

New agreements have been made on vaccine approvals, fertiliser, whisky labelling, authorized providers, automotives and accountancy to “unlock £1bn of value for the UK economy”, she stated.

Ms Reeves stated she raised the case of imprisoned British citizen and media tycoon Jimmy Lai with each minister she met in China.

She stated she additionally raised considerations about Russia’s battle in Ukraine, human rights, restrictions on rights and freedoms in Hong Kong and the “completely unjustified sanctions against British parliamentarians”.

“A key outcome of this dialogue is that we have secured China’s commitment to improve existing channels so that we can openly discuss sensitive issues and the ways in which they impact our economy because if we do not engage with China, we cannot raise our real concerns,” she stated.

“This dialogue is just one part of our engagement with trading partners right across the world.”

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