LONDON – India should be included in Britain’s cheaper two-year visitor visa scheme to attract more Indians to the UK that will strengthen the already close bilateral ties, a new report titled ‘A Passage from India — Improving UK Visitor Visas for Indian Nationals’ released on Tuesday said. “We hope the government will consider the benefits of our recommendation, enhancing the already close affinity between two great Commonwealth nations,” said Tim Hewish, director of policy and research at the Royal Commonwealth Society. pti
MP Theresa May Tops First Vote For British PM Cameron’s Successor
LONDON – British lawmaker Theresa May won the first round of voting to decide a successor to PM David Cameron, the Conservative Party said on Tuesday, as former defence minister Liam Fox (pic) was eliminated from the contest. The vote among lawmakers saw interior minister May win 165 votes, with junior energy minister Andrea Leadsom second on 66. Brexit campaigner Michael Gove was third on 48. Pensions minister Stephen Crabb won 34 votes, putting Fox in last place on 16 and ending his leadership bid.
