James Cleverly’s visit to China criticised by Tory MPs – UK politics live

Good morning and welcome to the UK politics live blog. We start with news that the British foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has met China’s vice-president, Han Zheng, during the first visit to Beijing by a UK foreign secretary in five years.

During the meeting, Cleverly said it was important the two governments continued with regular face-to-face meetings to…