For the local winners in the race to become one of Rishi Sunak’s 10 freeports, there will have been much celebration in grasping an early opportunity in Britain’s post-Brexit world.
The chancellor’s freeports policy is set to be a key part of the Government’s levelling up agenda, aiming to breathe new economic life into parts of the country largely forgotten by Westminster.
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