While Rachel Reeves is yet to confirm that permission for the runway will be granted, she is expected to do so in a speech later this month.
Labour is braced for Cabinet splits over plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport as the Chancellor ducked questions about the expansion yesterday.
Asked yesterday whether she would support it, she refused to answer the question but said she was committed to ‘growing the economy’. A plane landing at Heathrow Airport near the village of Longford. Any expansion of Heathrow - as well as Gatwick and Luton which are also mooted - will anger the green lobby and jeopardise the Government’s plans to get to net zero
Any expansion of Heathrow - as well as Gatwick and Luton which are also mooted - will anger the green lobby and jeopardise the Government’s plans to get to net zero. It comes after reports that Labour is preparing to signal support for a third runway at Heathrow, to bring the second strip at Gatwick into full-time use, and allow an increase in the capacity at Luton Airport, according to Bloomberg.
A passenger jet flies over houses as it prepares to land at Heathrow Airport. There are likely to be major splits over concerns about air and noise pollution and the UK’s ability to meet climate commitments
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