This could take some time as there are 12 of them, all doted around at strategic locations.

I will start with as per map and very briefly put up a few of the links showing what the local concerns are so far in this very prestigious club!

1….. East Midlands.

(and it’s nowhere near the sea!)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kkrzw0r8wo

2…. Freeport East.( Felixstowe & Harwich)

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/regions/anglia/freeport-east-why-is-it-so-controversial/

3….Humber Freeport. [25 kilometres wide]

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/humber-freeport-fish-or-fowl/

4….Liverpool. [45kil wide]

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/new-freeport-zones-liverpool-could-23600572

5….Plymouth & South Devon. (incorporating Dartmoor & Isle of Wight)

https://eastdevonwatch.org/2022/08/20/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2x08q52w1o

https://www.themoorlander.co.uk/news/politics/1329888/freeports-a-pathway-to-the-end-of-government-as-we-know-it.html

6….Solent Freeport.

https://onthewight.com/solent-freeport-concerns-about-money-laundering-and-tax-evasion-raised-in-university-report/

7….Teeside Freeport.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teesside_Freeport#:~:text=Corruption%20allegations%2C%20transparency%20concerns%20and%20inquiry,-The%20corporate%20structure&text=MPs%20have%20alleged%20that%20significant,development%20projects%20in%20the%20UK.

8...Thames Freeport.

https://www.thamescrossingactiongroup.com/land-conflict-between-ltc-and-thames-freeport/

9….Forth Freeport. 45 kil wide.

What we already know!

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-council-make-90m-less-29857966

https://bylines.scot/business/green-freeports-gateway-to-sustainability-or-greenwashing-with-a-tax-avoidance-cherry/

10. Inverness & Cromarty Freeport.

https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/your-views-is-inverness-and-cormarty-firth-freeport-really-352848/

https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/business-insight-where-are-the-freeport-s-workers-going-to-351022/

11. Anglesey Freeport.

https://www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/joint-media-release-beware-geeks-bearing-gifts-anti-nuclear-campaigners-warn-anglesey-freeport-plan-represents-nuclear-trojan-horse/

https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/freeports-must-not-lead-to-deregulation-and-attacks230323/

12. Celtic Freeport.( Milford Haven to Port Talbot)

https://www.wcl.org.uk/docs/Link_freeports_consultation_response_July2020FINAL.pdf

https://bylines.cymru/politics-and-society/shanker-singham-north-wales-freeport/

Well, that was some journey!

One thing about this journey was very noticeable and that is how the media managed to drown out the concerns of the wee folk!

The headlines are all about the lure of tax breaks like Stamp Duty, enhanced Capital allowances, business rate relief, employer NI relief etc.

Only in Edinburgh has the penny dropped…..ah the canny Scots!!

So many promises made but will they actually come to fruition? But one thing we can say and that is all that land has gone….for the meantime, and I haven’t even mentioned SEZs!

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