Rachel Reeves has been left feeling 'sidelined' after being dropped from Keir Starmer's trip to China, Labour MPs have warned. But she was dropped from the trip at the last minute and replaced by her junior Treasury minister Lucy Rigby. Labour's push for closer ties with China has been driven by Ms Reeves as she casts around for ways to boost economic growth following two controversial tax-raising Budgets. Ms Reeves also discussed the trip last week with her Chinese counterpart He Lifeng at the World Economic Forum summit in Davos. A Treasury source denied that Ms Reeves had been sidelined by the PM.