Kolkata, March 12 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to visit the United Kingdom as the Centre has cleared her week-long sojourn beginning on March 21, official sources at the state secretariat Nabanna said on Wednesday.

Sources said Nabanna has received a communication from the Union government regarding her official visit to the UK. Banerjee is expected to depart on March 21 to the UK via Dubai, and deliver a lecture at the University of Oxford during her stay. She is also scheduled to meet UK-based industrialists and business delegations to discuss potential investments in the state.

Banerjee's last overseas visit was in Spain in 2023 where she also took a business delegation. In 2015, the Chief Minister visited t...