This viral claim that India has pulled £500 billion from the UK economy over PM Keir Starmer’s alleged remarks against India is fake
A post circulating on social media (here, here, and here) featuring a YouTube video link claims that India has pulled £500 billion from the United Kingdom economy following PM Keir Starmer’s alleged remarks against India, on Kashmir, human rights in India, and colonial reparations. Let’s verify the claim made in the post in this article.
Claim: India has withdrawn £500 billion investments from the UK over PM Keir Starmer’s remarks against India, on Kashmir, human rights, and colonial reparations.
Fact: There is no truth in the claim that India has withdrawn £500 billion investments from the UK over PM Keir Starmer’s remarks against India, on Kashmir, human rights, and colonial reparations . There are no credible national or international media reports supporting it. The Press Information Bureau has also confirmed that the Government of India has taken no such decision, calling the viral claim fake. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
To verify the claim, we conducted a Google search using relevant keywords, but did not find any credible media reports or official information supporting it. Given the significance of such a development, it would have likely received widespread national and international media coverage, yet no such reports were found.
During UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s recent October 2025 visit to India, both countries announced (here, here) major trade and investment commitments across technology, climate innovation, critical minerals and defence. Along with a joint Climate Technology Start-Up Fund, the UK–India Connectivity & Innovation Centre received £24 million in initial funding to support advanced telecom and cybersecurity research. The leaders also welcomed progress on the India–UK CEO Forum and the resetting of JETCO to drive wider trade and investment cooperation. Both sides announced new collaboration on critical mineral processing and supply chains, including Phase 2 of the UK-India Critical Minerals Supply Chain Observatory. UK firms, including Graphcore and Tide, pledged multi-billion-dollar investments in India, while Indian companies committed over £1.3 billion to the UK, creating nearly 7,000 jobs. A £350 million defence deal for lightweight multirole missiles further strengthened strategic industrial cooperation.
To verify the claim, we also contacted the Government of India’s Press Information Bureau (PIB) for clarification. In response to our email regarding the viral claim, PIB called it fake and shared an X post dated 31 October 2025. The post stated that the claim that India has pulled £500 billion from the UK economy is false and clarified that the Government of India has taken no such decision, advising users to verify information through official sources.
To sum up, the viral claim that India has pulled £500 billion from the UK economy over PM Keir Starmer’s alleged remarks against India is fake.