Keir Starmer says ‘Bollywood blockbusters’ will be made in the UK under new trade deal with India – UK politics live

Three Bollywood movies will be made in the UK, says British PM, and two more British universities will be setting up a campus in India

Prime minister Keir Starmer, speaking in Mumbai, has said that tech, film-making and education are winners from the deal. Three “Bollywood blockbusters” will be made in the UK, he says, and two more British universities will be setting up a campus in India.

“This relationship matters more than ever,” Starmer says. “We are remaking this partnership for our times” he said.

First minister John Swinney has claimed that Keir Starmer’s time in Downing Street would be ended by an SNP victory in next year’s Holyrood elections.

Speaking to PA Media ahead his party’s conference in Aberdeen, which starts tomorrow, Swinney said “I don’t think I’ll be negotiating with Keir Starmer [to hold an independence referendum], because if I get re-elected as first minister of Scotland in May of next year, I think Keir Starmer’s days are over.”