Prime Minister backing freeports to ‘turbo charge’ growth in Wales

Rishi Sunak was speaking with port authorities in Holyhead.

(left to right) Secretary of State for Wales David TC Davies, Stena Line chief operating officer Fleet and Government Affairs Ian Hampton, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford during a visit the Port of Holyhead in Anglesey, North Wales (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)

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 Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford, met port authorities in Anglesey, which along with Celtic Freeport covering Milford Haven and Port Talbot in South Wales, were announced as two new freeports which it is claimed will attract billions of investment and create 20,000 new jobs by the end of the decade.

The Prime Minister said the freeports were a “Brexit benefit” that would boost economic growth across the UK.