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Chancellor Rachel Reeves will not announce new freeports in the upcoming Budget, but will confirm funding for existing sites to establish customs facilities. She will endorse the previous government’s strategy by approving an investment zone in the East Midlands. The confusion arose from a communication error, as officials mixed up the freeport sites with the customs zones within them, leaving industry figures frustrated and blindsided by the premature announcement from Downing Street.
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