The March budget presented free ports as the remedy to economic uncertainty in the face of Brexit and COVID, but are they a good solution?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s budget speech hailed free ports, where imported goods are exempt from tariffs, as a silver bullet to fix the economic uncertainty caused by both Brexit and COVID. Finding viable economic solutions is imperative during this time for the UK government which has been criticised for letting down fishermen in the Brexit deal, as well as being criticised for not acting …