If by chance you live near a freeport might you be able to help with research being undertaken at Northumbria University by Dr Alexandra Hall?
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Do you live and/or work in or around a new UK #Freeport region? We want to hear your thoughts on the pros and cons via this online survey. Please share widely! Many thanks.https://t.co/iscAy31hIQ
— Alexandra Hall (@alex_hall3) February 20, 2023
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Richard,
Not that I do, but I do find it somewhat astonishing that the Scottish Government seem to want these things, whilst bumping another 1% on higher rate tax on earnings (which start somewhere earlier than they do in E&W). So a freebie for some, and to hell with the rest of us.
And while I’m at it, you might make a distinction vis a vis wealthy (people with vast wealth who don’t actually work for it) and people who are employees, who do.
From where I sit, it appears that people who work for a living are getting rinsed, whilst enabling tax avoiders to fill their boots. Not amused by that.
I was staggered that they gave in
Kate Forbes, I suspect
This does not include the freeports in Scotland. Any idea why?
Because they are nit as developed as yet