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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

No 10 accused of having ‘revolving door’ after new Treasury minister embroiled in China row

Rachel Reeves and Emma Reynolds talk to people in an office
Rachel Reeves, centre left, next to Emma Reynolds in November, when Reynolds was pensions minister. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/Reuters

No 10 has been accused of having a “revolving door” after it refused to say whether the new Treasury minister Emma Reynolds would recuse herself from policy on China after she lobbied the government on the issue.

Reynolds, who worked as managing director for TheCityUK, a lobby group for banks and other financial services companies, had previously pressed the government to make China exempt from the strictest tier of rules on registration of foreign influence.

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