Susan Aitken has written to John Swinney and Michael Gove to question why 'a major investment is going entirely to one side of Scotland'.
The leader of Glasgow city council has demanded to know why the Clyde lost out in the race to win freeport status.
The new freeports will be able to offer tax incentives and lower tariffs and are expected to create thousands of jobs - but have been branded a "Thatcherite con" by critics. "In fact, the decision not only bypasses the engine room of Scotland’s economy but also those communities where the need for Levelling Up is deeper and more acute than practically anywhere else in the UK.
"Yet here in the Glasgow City Region we’ve a proven track record in delivering projects with real social, economic and regeneration outcomes. In the face of other areas being handed a competitive advantage, it’s all the more vital that both governments work with us to make sure that progress isn’t rolled back but built upon."
The Inverness and Cromarty Firth bid aims to build a "world-beating" floating offshore wind manufacturing sector, with sites in the Cromarty Firth, Invergordon, Nigg and Inverness.
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