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Rachel Reeves in China BUT Should She Have Gone?

The Chancellor defends her visit to Beijing.

Today, Paddy and Laura discuss Rachel Reeves鈥 trip to Beijing to meet with her Chinese counterpart. But some of the opposition are saying she shouldn鈥檛 have gone at a time when soaring government borrowing costs threaten to squeeze UK public finances.

And, after Meta announced it will no longer employ factcheckers and will boost political content, a grieving father - Ian Russell - tells Laura why this announcement will hurt children.

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