Currently GDP per capita across the Haven Gateway significantly trails the broader East of England region, so this bid perfectly fits the government’s ambitious levelling up agenda.
“Freeport East will also use our location at the heart of massive new wind and nuclear generation projects to become a national centre of technical excellence.”
Bernard Jenkin, MP for Harwich and North Essex, said: “This bid is economically the most significant for the UK economy as a whole. Felixstowe-Harwich is the UK s biggest port. We serve the UK s biggest exporters, have the biggest reach into our industrial heartlands, we will generate the most levelling up, and we offer the biggest contribution to carbon reduction.
TRANSPORT Secretary Grant Shapps is among 16 Tory scrooges who clawed back Christmas Day expenses, the Morning Star can reveal, as cuts force more families to use foodbanks over the festive period.
Current Conservative MPs have claimed hundreds of pounds in expenses for travel on December 25 over the last 10 years.
By comparison, MPs from all other parties have claimed a mere £2.25 in total for such travel since 2010.
A leading Labour MP said that the “Chris Rea-gate scandal” drove home for Christmas just how out of touch the Tories are with the people struggling under their policies.
The Star’s investigation of Christmas Day expenses claims comes amid rising holiday hunger that has forced United Nations children’s fund Unicef to step in and feed youngsters in Britain over the Christmas break.