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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Tariff cuts and tax exemptions for some workers agreed in UK-India trade deal

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hailed the deal (Henry Nicholls/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK and India have agreed a “landmark” trade deal that will cut tariffs and offer an exemption to some overseas workers from either country paying national insurance contributions.

Ministers say the long-coveted agreement will add £4.8 billion a year to the economy by 2040, with dramatic reductions to levies on scotch whisky, car and other exports from Britain.

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