Rishi Sunak Budget speech singles out Teesside as optimistic and ambitious for the future
On a huge day for Teesside, the Chancellor announced a Free Port and Treasury Jobs would come to the region
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People on Teesside are optimistic and ambitious for their future , Rishi Sunak has said. The Chancellor announced a Free Port for the Tees in the Budget, as well as revealing Darlington is the location for a new hub of Treasury jobs.
TODAY the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced that Teesside had been successful for a bid to bring a Freeport to the region. The bid, submitted to Government just a month ago by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, covers sites across the region, including Teesworks, Wilton International, Teesside International Airport, the Port of Middlesbrough, the Port of Hartlepool, Liberty Steel, LV Shipping and PD Ports. Here s how leaders and politicans reacted to Teesside being named as one of eight areas that will soon have a Freeport. Ben Houchen, Tees Valley Mayor, said: “Future generations will look back on today and say this was the day Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool was reborn as an industrial powerhouse.
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Teesside leaders have their say as Budget freeport announcement is hailed
It has been hailed as a new chapter in Teesside s renaissance . but some have warned a freeport will be no silver bullet
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Teesside s freeport status has been called a new chapter in the area s renaissance .