UK Chancellor bets on third Heathrow Airport runway for boost to growth
Rachel Reeves' support for a third runway came in a wide-ranging speech on boosting UK growth rates, which have been historically low since the 2008 global financial crisis for a variety of reasons. V
What's the plan for a third runway at Heathrow Airport?
Plans to expand London's other airports are already further along than Heathrow's and have in the past been viewed as an alternative to a third Heathrow runway. Work is set to start this year to expand capacity at Stansted's terminal. The government is due to make a decision on Gatwick airport by 27 February.
What to know about the UK’s Heathrow Airport runway expansion plan
British finance minister Rachel Reeves is expected to back the expansion of Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, turning to the country's most controversial infrastructure project in her hunt for economic growth.
Backing Heathrow expansion suggests Labour is serious about boosting growth
Declaring that “growth will not come without a fight”, she said that the government would back airport expansion and offered more clues about plans to unshackle housebuilding. The Heathrow decision is the surest sign yet of the government prioritising growth,
Reeves backs third Heathrow runway in growth push
Rachel Reeves has backed a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport as part of a fresh plan to get the UK's sluggish economy growing. In a speech to business leaders, the chancellor said Heathrow expansion,
Rachel Reeves' Heathrow expansion plans slammed amid 'noise sewers' fears
The Chancellor's plans to build a third runway at Heathrow could turn great swathes of the English countryside into "noise sewers", campaigners claim.
Reeves expected to back Heathrow expansion plans
Rachel Reeves is set to announce a series of major infrastructure projects in a speech in which she is also expected to back plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The chancellor will outline plans to create "Europe's Silicon Valley" between Oxford and Cambridge,
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Heathrow airport expansion will smash our community, say nearby villagers
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Will a New Runway at Heathrow Solve Britain’s Economic Troubles?
In a major speech, the country’s top finance official pushed for faster economic growth, and supported a long-debated ...
Labour’s Heathrow airport expansion and the climate crisis
It is the rich and the corporations who will take the lion’s share of the benefits from Labour’s and all airport expansions, ...
UK government backs contentious third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport
U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says that the new Labour government is backing the construction of third runway at London’s ...
Heathrow Airport's £14bn third terminal and when work is likely to start
London Heathrow could finally see a third runway, but even with Government approval, the project still has to undergo several ...
Miliband will ramp up net zero plan to ‘compensate’ for third runway, says Harman
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary will ‘put his shoulder to wheel’ despite ‘uncomfortable’ situation, Labour veteran ...