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PM Starmer wants to as soon as ‘humanly possible’

PM encourages hundreds on trade mission to utilise deal

Business group: growth push welcome, warns on tax

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted a trade deal with India to be implemented as soon as "humanly possible" as he began a two-day visit on Wednesday, joined by more than a hundred leaders from the business, culture and university sectors.

Britain and India signed a free trade agreement in July during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sealing a deal to cut tariffs on goods from textiles to whisky and cars, and allow more market access for businesses.

Talks on the trade pact were concluded in May after three years of stop-start negotiations, with both sides hastening efforts to clinch a deal in the

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