India trade deal 'will damage UK workers'

LABOUR’S rushed trade deal with India will, in some cases, make it up to £11,000 cheaper to hire a worker from India rather than a British one.

- By Christian Calgie

Sir Keir Starmer paraded the deal, agreed last month, as a major boost for Britain and its economy.

However, a big concession on tax may damage British employment prospects.

Labour agreed to a Double Contribution Convention with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, which means Indian businesses will not have to pay national insurance contributions to the Treasury on Indian workers seconded to Britain.

Research by the Conservatives has now calculated that this will mean tax cuts of thousands of pounds for each Indian worker brought over by firms.