UK ministers head to India in search of trade deal they hope will boost economy

<p>Business secretary says negotiations – now in their 15th round – are a ‘top priority’ for Labour government</p><p>Ministers are relaunching negotiations with India this week in an attempt to clinch a multibillion-pound free trade agreement that they hope will boost the UK’s flatlining economy.</p><p>Jonathan Reynolds, the business and trade secretary, flew to Delhi on Sunday to meet his Indian counterpart, Piyush Goyal, for the first time since Labour won the election.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/23/ministers-head-to-india-in-search-of-trade-deal-they-hope-will-boost-uk-economy">Continue reading...</a>