Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will name Greater Manchester as one of 38 areas in line to get its own investment zone, in his mini-budget speech tomorrow . The government hopes these new investment zones - specially chosen places where businesses will get tax cuts - will drive growth and the development of things like shopping centres, restaurants and office spaces.
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Load of bollocks
Agree to that and you can change the name to Mugchester. Because that's what the Tories will take you for