LIVE: PM Boris Johnson hails Treasury and freeport news on visit to Teesside with Chancellor
The visit comes after the confirmation that Teesside is to get freeport status and Treasury North will be based in Darlington
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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are visiting Teesside following a momentous Budget for the area.
The pair will visit Teesport a day after it was confirmed that Teesside is one of eight locations that will be designated as a freeport.
A free port is an area - either a shipping port or an airport - where goods do not incur import taxes.