New Delhi Claims Badenoch Put Tax Exemption on Table in India Trade Deal Talks – Guido Fawkes

New Delhi Claims Badenoch Put Tax Exemption on Table in India Trade Deal Talks

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Indian officials have come out swinging against Badenoch for her opposition to the ‘two-tier tax’ NIC arrangement in the Indian free trade deal. A three-year exemption…

The officials claim Badenoch’s line that she rejected the arrangement is not true and that “it was on the table when she was trade secretary.” According to New Delhi the UK was prepared to offer two years while India wanted four. The three years agreed by Starmer and Reynolds are a compromise. That’s denied by LOTO…

A source close to Badenoch tells Guido: “This is total bollocks. Throughout these negotiations the Indian side has briefed to the press when it suited them, regardless of whether it’s true or not. They proposed this lopsided, two-tier tax deal and Kemi said a clear no. That’s why she didn’t sign the trade deal. Starmer hiked NICs on British workers and has removed it for Indian workers, and now he’s using the Indians to smear Kemi. It stinks.” Punchy…