PM gets on with delivering bold Brexit benefits

BORIS Johnson donned the hard hat of leadership and got on with the job yesterday as he shared his Brexit vision at a freeport. 

- Martyn Brown

The PM told dock workers in Tilbury, Essex, the Brexit Freedoms Bill will help secure more investment and fuel a rebounding economy.

He said: “There are things we can do differently and in a way that will encourage business to invest more.

“In all the areas where the UK is strong – cyber, artificial intelligence, all the cutting-edge technologies of the future – we are going to make sure we do things differently and better, where appropriate.

“We won’t diverge for the sake of it but are going to make sure that this is the number one place to do business and invest, because of the freedoms we have.”

Tilbury is one of eight freeports. A key part of a post-Brexit UK, they are designed to help increase manufacturing and encourage jobs and investment in areas that would otherwise struggle to attract them.