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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

Has UK-India trade deal ‘sold out British workers’ as Farage and Badenoch claim?

Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi shake hands
The NICs issue was one of the longest-running sticking points and emerged as the final hurdle before negotiators agreed the deal. Photograph: WPA/Getty

A multibillion-pound free trade agreement with India has long been touted as a big Brexit boon.

Cheaper clothes and shoes for British shoppers, a huge market for scotch whisky producers and luxury carmakers, and billions of pounds worth of extra trade are among the benefits of the agreement, which was finalised this week.

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