UK’s immigration obsession wears thin with voters

    2020-11-24T08:51:15+00:00December 13th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – 13 December 2019|

    The news of a 63 per cent hike in Indian students choosing UK universities over the previous year reflects Britain’s somewhat scaled down approach to the issue of mobility, transmitted during the General Election campaign and an emphatic Boris Johnson victory. Highlights: The Conservative party is showing a gradual shift on its view on immigration under the leadership of Boris Johnson. Opinion polls reflect that the UK is becoming generally more positive and less concerned around migration. Home Secretary Priti [...]

      Britain matters to India, so must who governs it

      2020-08-20T06:58:43+00:00December 6th, 2019|India Inc News|

      For those who care about the India-UK relationship, democracy, stronger security, more business, and shared values for collective good, the question of who governs the UK should also matter. The choice on this count could not be starker, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. In exactly a week’s time we will know who the victors and losers are in the UK general election.  An election called by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the hope of bringing finality and [...]

        Not a simple Left or Right question any more for British Indian voters

        2019-12-10T06:52:53+00:00November 28th, 2019|2019, Home Page, UK Edition – 29 November 2019|

        The UK General Election on December 12 will determine the course of the country’s history in many ways, not least in the context of its relationship with Europe and the wider world. One group that holds many of the cards, voters with their roots in the Indian sub-continent, can no longer be expected to vote predictably – either for Labour or Conservatives. Highlights: The first ever survey of British Indian Voter intentions ahead of the December General Elections confirmed some traditionally held notions but also helped bust many myths. Nearly 47 per cent British Indians in [...]

          India Inc. Poll sends stark message to all UK political parties

          2020-08-20T06:58:55+00:00November 22nd, 2019|India Inc News|

          The first-ever India Inc. survey of voter intentions confirms the obvious dealignment of British Indians from the UK’s Labour Party; what is less obvious is where these votes will finally go, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. Winston Churchill famously described politics as the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year; and then to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. The landmark India Inc. Optimus [...]