Overview

• Keir Starmer pressed to implement the July free trade agreement "as quickly as humanly possible," with both sides aiming to bring it into force within about a year.
• Downing Street said 64 Indian companies pledged roughly £1.3 billion of investment in the UK during the largest British trade mission to India.
• India and the UK signed Terms of Reference to reposition the Joint Economic and Trade Committee to oversee delivery, alongside the reconstituted India–UK CEO Forum.
• Education ties expanded as authorities confirmed plans for nine UK university campuses in India, including approvals tied to GIFT City and letters of intent for Lancaster in Bengaluru and Surrey in GIFT City.
• Technology and defence cooperation advanced under the Technology Security Initiative, including AI and critical-minerals work, a government-to-government supply of lightweight multirole missiles, and integration of Indian Air Force instructors with the Royal Air Force.