Senior Conservatives praise deal and say tax exemptions for seconded workers are routine
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A series of senior Conservatives have contradicted Kemi Badenoch after she criticised a landmark UK-India trade deal because it temporarily exempts seconded Indian workers from national insurance payments in the UK.
Tories including Oliver Dowden, who was deputy prime minister under Rishi Sunak, said the deal should be hailed as a dividend of Brexit that would bring economic growth and cheaper goods from India.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/07/tory-brexiters-contradict-kemi-badenoch-criticism-uk-india-trade-deal
Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
Publish date : 2025-05-07 10:12:00
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