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Budget 2024: Keir Starmer wrongly announces five new freeports in comms ‘cock-up’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Keir Starmer wrongly announces five new freeports in comms ‘cock-up’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer mistakenly announced that Rachel Reeves would unveil five …

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Reeves will not announce new freeports despite earlier claims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Reeves will not announce new freeports despite earlier claims

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Under Labour’s plan, a further five sites are expected to be granted customs status, …

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Tax relief extended at green freeports
9 months ago

Tax relief extended at green freeports

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The extension until 2034 will apply to Inverness and …

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Freeports are costing a fortune. Why aren’t they being monitored?
1 year, 6 months ago

Freeports are costing a fortune. Why aren’t they being monitored?

The Independent  

Darren Jones MP, the Labour chair of the business and trade committee, has secured for himself a place on the shortlist for what I’m going to call the “Wait, What?” award for June. Here’s his quote on the subject of freeports, one of Rishi Sunak’s flagship economic policies, something we have repeatedly been told will be a major benefit of …

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Two Scottish freeports get green light after SNP drop opposition in year-long naming row
2 years, 10 months ago

Two Scottish freeports get green light after SNP drop opposition in year-long naming row

The Telegraph  

Two new freeports will deliver a "truly transformational" economic boost to Scotland, Boris Johnson has pledged, after the SNP finally agreed to back the plans following a "petty" year-long row about what they would be called. 'Petty point scoring' However, Ian Murray, the Shadow Scottish Secretary, accused both governments of "petty point scoring" in their long-running row over whether freeports …

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Peers move to stop ‘dirty money’ being laundered through post-Brexit freeports
2 years, 10 months ago

Peers move to stop ‘dirty money’ being laundered through post-Brexit freeports

The Independent  

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Freeports risk being 'killed off' by officials in Treasury
3 years, 1 month ago

Freeports risk being 'killed off' by officials in Treasury

The Telegraph  

Rishi Sunak has been accused of allowing a key plank of the Government's post-Brexit strategy to be watered down by Treasury mandarins. Senior ministers claimed that officials had effectively "killed" freeports, the low tax zones that the Chancellor had said would provide an "unprecedented economic boost". Ministers and industry figures have told The Telegraph that the potential benefits of the …

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Freeports of no economic benefit says Treasury watchdog, in damning verdict
3 years, 1 month ago

Freeports of no economic benefit says Treasury watchdog, in damning verdict

The Independent  

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Eight English ‘freeports’ to be created with controversial tax breaks
3 years, 9 months ago

Eight English ‘freeports’ to be created with controversial tax breaks

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Rishi Sunak announces eight freeport locations with tax breaks for businesses
3 years, 9 months ago

Rishi Sunak announces eight freeport locations with tax breaks for businesses

The Telegraph  

Eight low-tax “freeports” have been announced in a bid to encourage new businesses to set up shop in England. East Midlands Airport, Felixstowe and Harwich, the Humber region, the Liverpool City Region, Plymouth, Solent, Thames and Teesside are all set to benefit from the status, Rishi Sunak announced in Wednesday's Budget. Mr Sunak said the "special economic zones with different …

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Chancellor creates eight low-tax freeports in Brexit boost
3 years, 9 months ago

Chancellor creates eight low-tax freeports in Brexit boost

The Telegraph  

Businesses in eight new freeports, including in Teesside, Humber and Plymouth, will be able to slash their tax bills in a bid to transform left-behind areas into investment hotbeds. Seven seaports - including Felixstowe, Liverpool, Solent and Thames - and East Midlands airport also won freeport status, with talks continuing over potential sites in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, …

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Chancellor ‘to set up 10 deregulated freeports’ in Brexit tax cut plans
4 years, 5 months ago

Chancellor ‘to set up 10 deregulated freeports’ in Brexit tax cut plans

The Independent  

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