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Posts Tagged: Freeports

Andrew Rosindell: How close we came to waking up in the backstop

If the Spartans hadn’t held out against the pleas of our colleagues then Britain would have been trapped in a customs union with no way out.

By Andrew Rosindell | 8 January 2021 | 107 comments

Thames Freeport: River regeneration – an economic opportunity not to be missed

A Thames Freeport will be a magnet for new investment, jobs, skills development and the adoption of greener technology.

By Thames Freeport | 5 January 2021 | 38 comments

Judy Terry: Proposal for a Suffolk Freeport

Linking the Ports of Felixstowe and Harwich would create a strategic hub linking the UK with suppliers and customers across the globe.

By Judy Terry | 4 January 2021 | 27 comments

Ben Houchen: My advice to the Prime Minister. Go green for more jobs in the Red Wall – and double down on levelling up.

The fourth piece in a ConHome series this week on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.

By Ben Houchen | 19 November 2020 | 35 comments

Sajid Javid: We need a strategy for putting the country back on a secure financial footing.

Consequently, our third and most important priority is the vigorous pursuit of growth – set our country on a path of solid and sustained expansion.

By Sajid Javid MP | 11 September 2020 | 27 comments

Robert Halfon: The Budget we need today is for social as well as physical infrastructure

Plus: As of writing, I’ve had hardly any communications at all from constituents about the Coronavirus.

By Robert Halfon MP | 11 March 2020 | 4 comments

Samuel Williams: Bristolians are being poorly served by their current Mayor – the most deprived are hit the hardest

I commit to ensuring that education standards improve, and to back a freeport and eco-innovation enterprise zones.

By Samuel Williams | 5 February 2020 | 4 comments

Ben Houchen: Freeports are a key priority for the North

Creating these low tax zones, where importing and exporting are made easy, wouldn’t just mean new jobs. It would show a long term commitment to our new supporters.

By Ben Houchen | 1 January 2020 | 45 comments

James Cooper: Turbo-charging trade is about products, not productivity

We should be encouraging business to develop high-value, high-quality products that the world wants to buy. Every department must turn its hand to this task.

By James Cooper | 23 September 2019 | 23 comments

WATCH: Houchen urges the UK to “capitalise on the opportunity” of Brexit to develop freeports

The Tees Valley mayor says his area was “left behind in the Blair and Brown years”, and this is a chance to rebalance the economy.

29 January 2018 | 76 comments

Ben Houchen: Brexit. We need Project Fearless – and it starts with freeports. Let’s kick off with one in Teesside.

Yesterday, I wrote to the Chancellor with the support of 50 of the biggest and most established businesses in the Tees Valley, to call for a pilot scheme.

By Ben Houchen | 22 January 2018 | 75 comments

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