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UK and India agree 'landmark' trade deal that will slash tariffs on Scotch whisky imports

The announcement on Tuesday comes three years after the countries entered into discussions about a free trade agreement.

Euronews · May 6, 2025

UK and India sign a 'landmark' trade agreement after years of tough negotiations

Britain and India have agreed on a long-stalled free trade agreement that will reduce or eliminate tariffs on Scotch whisky and scores of other products

The Independent UK · May 6, 2025

Starmer secures Britain’s biggest post-Brexit trade deal with India in ‘landmark’ agreement

Deal on whisky, gin, cars and cosmetics set to boost economy and cut prices for shoppers – but Indian temporary workers and their employers in the UK get three-year exemption from national insurance contributions

The Independent UK · May 6, 2025

Now Farage not Starmer is feeding public’s appetite for change

The Reform UK leader has somehow dodged responsibility for the economic damage of Brexit and is winning over disaffected Labour voters

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2025

Andrea Jenkyns: The opera-singing ex-Tory MP’s journey from working in Greggs to a radical Reform UK mayor

NEWS ANALYSIS: From swearing at protesters outside Downing Street to becoming the mayor of Lincolnshire in an election where opponents claimed she was not qualified to stand, Dame Andrea Jenkyns has had a career of controversy and drama like few others, says The Independent’s political editor David Maddox

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

Who is Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Reform UK’s first regional mayor?

In a speech following her victory, the 50-year-old said there would be ‘an end to soft-touch Britain’.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Voices: How the Brexit vote is still realigning British politics

COMMENT: Nigel Farage’s ‘turquoise tidal wave’ has redrawn the electoral map, sweeping away the traditional Tory-Labour duopoly – and it couldn’t have happened without the 2016 EU referendum, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

Who is Sarah Pochin? Reform UK’s first female MP

Sarah Pochin becomes Reform UK’s fifth MP and its first female representative in parliament

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

The Tories have shown Labour exactly how not to fight Farage

As local elections loom, it’s clear that years of agreeing with the Reform leader have failed to discourage people from voting for him, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025

Why these are the most important local elections since Boris Johnson won London in 2008

NEWS ANALYSIS: Polls have put Reform UK ahead for months now but these local elections will be the first test of whether the traditional two-party Labour-Tory grip on British politics is under threat, writes David Maddox

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025