We would all love to know why you pea brained arm chair experts think the Government, who are probably quite busy at the moment, would spend time on freeports if they achieved no results.
Maybe because they are a subject the Chancellor has been promoting for a while - see his paper from 2016, then some of the counter arguements from the FT
https://www.cps.org.uk/research/the-...s-opportunity/
https://www.ft.com/content/7ee9e853-...9-f7e20cdae3c0