🪺 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ... all the below, plus ... ❓ Keir Starmer takes questions from kids ... and still used a pre-planned list. 💰 SCOOP — FCDO pairs diplomats with business reps to help sell Britain abroad 🇮🇳 Rishi Sunak surfaces in India via Caroline Hug

Very cool to have this collab with Mason Boycott-Owen (thanks Russell Hargrave !) politico.eu/article/minist…

Britain’s trade chief travels to Delhi next week to resurrect the long-drawn-out talks. POLITICO’s trade reporters set out the challenges ahead. From me and Caroline Hug plus reporting from Graham Lanktree #DreamTeam politico.eu/article/keir-s…

EXCLUSIVE: A former Labour MP facing numerous sexual harassment claims has quit the party rather than face a hearing over his conduct. Geraint Davies resigned his membership just ahead of a disciplinary hearing in November after 12-mth investigation Story w/Aggie Chambre

READ: As red tape and higher costs hammer British designers, France is ready to pounce. politico.eu/article/brexit…

The U.K.’s digital services tax (DST) was never set in stone, Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said Wednesday, raising the prospect that Britain could pare back the levy to avoid looming U.S. tariffs. politico.eu/article/tech-t…

Ahead of today’s Commons vote on nationalising British Steel, I spoke to Caroline Hug with my British Diplomacy Tracker hat on about how to position that move geopolitically. Trump wants to rebuild America’s maritime power: get British Steel to help.

SCOOP: New Delhi has accepted the U.K. will only make limited concessions on visas in trade talks. The new rules will lead to around 100 new visas for Indian workers each year, a U.K. official told POLITICO. politico.eu/article/india-…

What is (and isn’t) included in the UK-US trade deal With my awesome colleague Caroline Hug politico.eu/article/what-i…

👇 Here's what's included (and what's not) in the US-UK trade deal. Sophie Inge politico.eu/article/what-i…

EXC: Union boss tells Keir Starmer to back EU mobility as Brexit summit looms “I think it would be a mistake to rule out anything,” Trades Union Congress chief Paul Nowak tells POLITICO ahead of UK-hosted ‘reset’ summit. politico.eu/article/union-…

Britain needs labor shortage, not EU youth mobility, says Farage’s deputy “I want there to be a labor shortage, because that’s the way to getting productivity improvements,” Richard Tice tells POLITICO, heaping scorn on EU-UK summit. Via Caroline Hug politico.eu/article/britai…

The U.K. has been accused of undermining World Trade Organization rules through its trade pact with the U.S., potentially straining Britain’s “reset” with the European Union. With WTO brainbox Caroline Hug and the brilliant Jakob Weizman politico.eu/article/uk-acc…

EXC: How an EU company supplied advanced tech for Putin's surveillance state — even after waves of sanctions came into force — through a network of subsidiaries. My latest for POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/german…

Dived into what's going on with Charles III and his very British power play as he wades into U.S./ Canada rows. We reveal Mark Carney's bro is running Kensington Palace, and why there might be maple syrup on the menu when Donald Trump comes to town. politico.eu/article/uk-us-…

#EUDefence & #PostBrexit: #UK and #EU ready for drawn-out battle on defense deal, by Esther Webber and Caroline Hug | Politico politico.eu/article/uk-eu-…

ICYMI: Hard yards on UK access to the EU defence fund now begin The French have emerged from reset talks pleased with their win on fishing rights, per one insider, and will now “push to limit access” to the EU defence fund. w/Caroline Hug politico.eu/article/uk-eu-…

READ: Reform UK is making inroads with Gen Z women — a demographic the right-wing party long failed to reach 🚨 I spoke with Sarah Pochin MP, and Greater Lincolnshire mayor Dame Andrea Jenkyns 🇬🇧 to understand why. politico.eu/article/nigel-…

Britain’s got an EU deal — but the Brexit red tape keeps coming Latest from me on the ‘Not for EU’ labelling saga politico.eu/article/britai…

🚨 A left-wing breakaway under Labour’s former leader Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana MP could slash the government’s vote share — and hurt the Greens too 🌱 w/ Zia Yusuf, Adrian Ramsay MP, Zack Polanski, and Luke Akehurst politico.eu/article/jeremy…