Sir Keir Starmer’s government pinpointed an agreement with India as one of its priorities for fresh trade deals — with a six-strong group of Gulf countries, Israel, South Korea, Switzerland and Turkey also on the list — when Labour came to power last year.

Britain's Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will meet in New Delhi on Monday to restart talks on a UK-India trade deal, the British government said on Sunday.

Free trade talks between the UK and India will be relaunched as the Business Secretary visits New Delhi on Monday after negotiations stalled last year. Jonathan Reynolds will meet commerce minister Piyush Goyal for two days of negotiations aimed at clinching a long-sought deal which the Government hopes could unlock valuable markets for British business.