Sir Keir Starmer is to relaunch trade talks with India which were stalled over relaxing visa rules to come to the UK, No10 has announced. The discussions will reopen at the start of next year, following a bilateral meeting between Sir Keir and Indian PM Narendra Modi at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Boris Johnson opened the trade talks with India in 2022, saying that a deal with the world’s fifth biggest economy would be a major prize of Brexit. Negotiations swiftly hit the buffers over New Delhi’s demand that the UK ease visa restrictions for ...

However, the UK has been locked in more than a dozen rounds of negotiations since 2022, with key sticking points around relaxing visa rules and lowering fees for Indian students and professionals going to the UK. UK exports to India are worth £16.6 ...

Britain will restart talks with India on a free trade deal in the new year, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office said on Monday, following a months-long pause in negotiations due to elections in both countries.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that he would restart talks with India for a free trade deal, following a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at the G20 summit in Brazil.

The UK is set to relaunch trade talks with India at the start of next year, as Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted to take Britain’s relationship with Delhi to “another level”. Following a meeting with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi,