Getty/Leon Neal Labour told Boris Johnson to cancel his planned trip to India next month. It comes amid a massive surge in COVID-19 cases there. "I'd much rather the prime minister did it by Zoom rather than traveling to India," said Labour's Steve Reed. See more stories on Insider's business page. The opposition Labour Party has told Boris Johnson to cancel his planned trip to India for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month amid a massive surge in COVID-19 cases.The prime minister is set to visit India on April 26, and Downing Street has refused to cancel it, with a Number 10 spokesman on Friday saying the trip had been made "slightly shorter than it will have been."Labour on Sunday said Johnson should cancel the trip altogether."I think he shouldn't be [traveling to India]," Labour's shadow communities secretary told Sky News's Sophy Ridge on Sunday."There are new variants emerging all around the world, the government is telling people 'don't travel if you don't absolutely have to travel.'"I can't see why the prime minister can't conduct his business with the Indian government via Zoom.""The prime minister, like all of us in public life, needs to try and set an example.

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