Rishi Sunak backs freeports to attract billions of pounds of investment

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has visited the UK’s newest freeport at Holyhead in Anglesey, promising it will “turbo charge” economic growth in Wales. Mr Sunak, accompanied by First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford, met port authorities in Anglesey, which was announced as one of two new freeports, along with Celtic Freeport covering Milford Haven and Port Talbot in South Wales. It is claimed that they will together attract billions in investment and create 20,000 new jobs by the end of the decade.