2 hours ago Labour accused of 'a naïve attempt to suck up to China' as David Lammy arrives in Beijing amid claims ministers have gone soft over Uyghur 'genocide'

The Foreign Secretary has been accused of backtracking on plans for the UK to formally recognise China 's treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority as genocide .

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4 hours ago Stock market today: Asian shares gain as China releases plan for market support

Asian shares are higher after China's central bank released plans for supporting stock markets through share repurchases

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5 hours ago UK Foreign Secretary Lammy says engagement with China is necessary at start of 2

Britain’s foreign secretary has called engagement with China “pragmatic and necessary” as he makes the first visit to the country by a Cabinet member from the Labor government that took control in July

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11 hours ago Lammy to press China on global issues including Ukraine on first visit

David Lammy’s trip comes with the ‘firm recognition’ that the UK and Beijing ‘will not, and do not always agree’, the Foreign Office insisted.

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11 hours ago Moaning Ministers told they won't have a blank cheque to do 'everything they want' amid row over public spending totals

Angela Rayner, Shabana Mahmood and David Lammy have warned Sir Keir Starmer that spending cuts risk causing further damage to the new government's reputation

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19 hours ago Government using ‘every avenue’ to make message on Gaza aid clear, says minister

Development minister Anneliese Dodds said she is ‘extremely concerned about the situation in northern Gaza’.

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21 hours ago UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to visit China in an attempt to reset frosty relations

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is making his first trip to China in office this week in an attempt to reset the U.K.’s ties with Beijing and seek “pragmatic engagement” despite human rights and other concerns

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22 hours ago Labour backtracks on push for genocide ruling on China’s treatment of Uyghurs

Exclusive: Party drops plan for formal recognition laid out last year by David Lammy, who will visit Beijing on FridayUK politics live – latest updatesLabour has backtracked on plans to push for formal recognition of China’s treatment of the Uyghurs as genocide in the run-up to David Lammy’s trip to the country this weekend.The foreign secretary is expected to arrive in Beijing on Friday for high-level meetings before travelling to Shanghai on Saturday. Continue reading...

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25 hours ago Foreign Secretary David Lammy will visit China tomorrow as Tories demand he takes a tough line on Taiwan, human rights abuses and spying

David Lammy is due in Beijing for two days with the government committing to challenge the regime on human rights violations and the tensions over Taiwan .

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