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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Woodcock

Rishi Sunak green-lights visas for Indians in hope of salvaging trade deal

AP

Rishi Sunak has today made a bid to resurrect plans for a trade deal with India, by giving the go-ahead for 3,000 visas for young professionals from the country to work in the UK each year.

The move represents an olive branch to Delhi, after an outraged Indian government put plans for an agreement on ice in response to home secretary Suella Braverman’s comments about Indian migrants.

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