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.
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.
Everything we know so far about Heathrow Airport's third runway and terminal map
Rachel Reeves confirmed plans for a third runway at London Heathrow Airport this morning, (Wednesday, January 29). The ambitious project has been backed by the airport itself, claiming it is the 'bold, responsible vision the UK needs to thrive in the 21st century'.
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",
UK Government Formally Backs Third Heathrow Runway
LONDON—The UK government has thrown its weight behind the much-awaited third runway for London Heathrow airport. In a major speech Jan. 29 outlining the need for economic growth, UK finance minister Rachel Reeves backed the proposal and said the government was inviting proposals from the airport by the summer season.
UK backs third runway at London's Heathrow Airport
Britain's Labour government will back the construction of a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport to boost trade and economic growth, finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday. Successive governments have dithered over whether to expand the site to the west of London,
Heathrow's third runway can be built in 10 years, Reeves says
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. She also said that Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London who is opposed to Heathrow's expansion,
Heathrow third runway flights will take off ‘within a decade’, says Rachel Reeves
Chancellor also vows bat tunnels will not be used in UK infrastructure projects as she defends new growth measures
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,
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,
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Reeves rejects Heathrow expansion critics, saying answer ‘cannot always be no’
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