Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi have hailed a “historic day” as they signed a free trade agreement between the UK and India.
The two leaders said the trade deal, which is projected to boost the UK economy by £4.8bn a year and bring in £6bn of investment by British and Indian businesses, marked a “step-change” in relations between their countries.
Modi and Starmer addressed cameras at Chequers, the prime minister’s country house near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, after signing the deal, which was finalised in May following nearly three and a half years of negotiations. Modi, speaking via a translator, described the UK and India as “natural partners”. (The Guardian)
