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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Liam James

Ministers haven’t checked if low-tax investment zones will work, says Labour

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Labour has accused the government of pushing forward with low-tax, low-regulation investment zones without any evidence they will boost the economy.

The flagship planning policy is one of the last scraps of Liz Truss’s mini-Budget left after new chancellor Jeremy Hunt reversed most of the prime minister’s tax-cutting measures.

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