One echo of #LizTruss' weeks at the top seems to have faded; FT is reporting that #investmentzones, which Truss had wanted to proliferate widely as #Freeports & the like, will (in the budget) be scaled back to the 'normal' zones clustered round #universities & other research-intensive sites.... #JeremyHunt clearly trying on the voice-of-reason cloak here... pity, he's still draining #publicservcies of money to do it

The cover up of mass die offs of shellfish in the North East continues...#Coffey doubles down: no further investigation, no compensation for fisherman.

The #Tories are determined to continue with dredging of #freeports / #InvestmentZones and won’t let pesky details like the contamination of the food chain with churned up toxic chemicals derail their greedy plans to undermine democracy and place power in the hands of their business overlords.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-64603149.amp

Local authorities shelled out £12.5 million to bid to become 'Investment Zones' during the Truss years.

It didn't end well. A few weeks later the government binned the whole ridiculous strategy.
#TheTrussYears #InvestmentZones

Jeremy Hunt set to scrap Truss plan for investment zones
#investmentzones
#chartercities

RT @zoenicholson4: We don’t need “destructive developers free for all” in our communities, AONBs #nationalparks. We need locally led, properly funded greener & fairer communities creating jobs for local people. @AdrianRamsay calls on local councils to resist #investmentzones https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2022/10/06/%E2%80%98destructive%E2%80%99-investment-zones-will-fail-to-create-fairer-greener-communities/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/GreenPartyScott/status/1578003912837193728

RT @natalieben: #AttackonNature

I survey @GreenWorld_UK the multiple incursions launched by Truss government, from #investmentzones to #fracking, sweeping away protections & democracy, & (possibly) destroying #ELMS.

Sure will be big topic at #GPC22
https://greenworld.org.uk/article/truss-governments-attack-nature

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1575575722378133504