The UK government on Tuesday told Parliament that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with India have been relaunched to deliver a joint ambition of taking the bilateral relationship to even greater heights.
During a debate on UK economic growth in the House of Commons, British Indian Labour MP Jeevun Sandher asked Foreign Secretary David Lammy about the steps being taken to get a good UK-India trade deal over the line.
Describing 2025 as an exciting year for the UK's trading relationship with India, the co-chair of the India All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) flagged the exchange of green technologies to help prevent and reduce the warming of our planet among the areas of focus.
We are two nations with an intertwined history and common democratic ideals and we face the risks of a dangerous world and a warming planet, said Sandher, a first-time member of Parliament from Loughborough, in the East Midlands region of England.
In response, Lammy pointed to his India visit within wee