# 250. Business Secretary Peter Kyle: being let down by Mandelson & the UK-China relationship

An episode of [The Rest Is Money](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1703785141), 9 Feb 2026, 51 min.

Audio: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9044585393.mp3?updated=1770855001

Why does Peter Kyle think Mandelson was as brilliant as he was flawed? What impact will the new China deals have on UK growth? And does he care what Trump thinks about them? Plus Kyle’s plans to get the UK’s first trillion dollar company. Steph and Robert interview the Business Secretary fresh from his visit to China. Plus find out what happened when the interview was interrupted by an evacuation…….it involves Ian Wright and a former German Chancellor. The Rest is Money is brought to you by Octopus Energy, Britain’s smart energy pioneer. Email: therestismoney@goalhanger.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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