Heathrow's third runway can be built in 10 years, Reeves says
Heathrow's third runway can be built and operating in a decade's time, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Reeves told the BBC she wanted to see "spades in the ground" in the current Parliament and planes to start using the runway by 2035.
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 expansion at the London airport.
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.
Reeves backs Heathrow expansion saying third runway is 'badly needed'
The chancellor says the airport is at "the heart of the UK's openness as a country" and a third runway could lead to 100,000 more jobs.
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
Explainer-What challenges does the UK face if it backs the new Heathrow runway 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.
Local woman's plea over Heathrow runway plans
A woman who lives near Heathrow Airport has a simple message about plans for a third runway: "Please, no." Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed on Wednesday that the government backed the plans, claiming a third runway could create 100,
UK Backs Third Runway at London's Heathrow Airport
Britain's Labour government will back plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport, finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday, saying the project could create over 100,000 jobs. Reeves said in a speech that the case for a third runway at Heathrow - Britain's busiest hub - was stronger than ever and that it would help boost economic growth.
Heathrow expansion can support growth — with a long runway
A shovel is yet to hit the ground despite efforts to expand the hub dating back decades — and the barriers remain huge
Heathrow's third runway and London 'gold shortage'
The Daily Telegraph says Heathrow's third runway will not be ready until 2050, according to Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary. The paper quotes him as saying the airport will not get a new runway "in my lifetime and certainly not in [Reeves'] political lifetime",
First Minister's Questions: Swinney pressed on NHS recovery and Heathrow runway
Last year, First Minister John Swinney insisted the target could still be met and recognised it "requires changes in ...
Europe’s busiest airport is set to get bigger, as Britain green-lights tortured Heathrow expansion project
Britain’s government has backed a tortured effort to build a third runway at Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, throwing its ...
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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 ...
MPs, mayor and residents object to Heathrow plans
Residents and MPs have criticised a government announcement that it would be backing plans for a third runway at Heathrow ...
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, ...
Miliband vows to halve UK emissions days after Reeves backs Heathrow third runway
Ed Miliband has promised Britain will slash its climate emissions by more than 60pc by 2035 in a move that risks direct conflict with Rachel Reeves’s airport expansion plans.
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'No one can get a mortgage': Fears of villagers on Heathrow's third runway site
House prices in some of the last villages in Greater London are 'permanently depressed', long-time campaigners tell The i ...
Fury as Keir Starmer threatens to refuse vote on Heathrow third runway
Sir Keir Starmer faces a furious backlash after it emerged he may refuse to give MPs a vote on a third Heathrow runway.