Overview

• Starmer’s office announced £1.3 billion of UK-bound investment from 64 Indian companies, projected to create nearly 7,000 jobs.
• Trade ministers formally repositioned the Joint Economic and Trade Committee to oversee implementation and coordinate sectoral workstreams.
• New cooperation packages covered technology and energy, including joint AI centres, a connectivity and innovation hub, a critical minerals industry guild and an offshore wind taskforce.
• Education ties expanded with plans for nine UK university campuses in India, including three at GIFT City and the newly launched University of Southampton site in Gurugram.
• Defence links deepened through an agreement on military training cooperation, with Indian instructors to train UK pilots, alongside cultural ties such as Yash Raj Films shoots in Britain from 2026.