In a major growth speech in Oxfordshire, Reeves said that a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport was "badly needed," adding it would boost investment, support economic expans
It is the rich and the corporations who will take the lion’s share of the benefits from Labour’s and all airport expansions, while the poorest around the world pay the costs.
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,
To justify air travel emissions ballooning in the meantime, the aviation sector has promised a mix of “supply-side” measures, like replacing kerosene with so-called “sustainable aviation fuel” (SAF), which Reeves described as “a game changer”, and making planes lighter and more fuel-efficient.
"Three-quarters of the village would be demolished. It wouldn't be a viable community. Pubs, the shops will go because there aren't enough customers. "The bus won't come up on the main road because there's a runway in the way.
Chancellor’s optimistic economic growth vision hit in the short term as Tesco and Lloyds announce hundreds of job losses and she admits fixing the economy is ‘not an easy job’
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,
With another fatal plane crash in the headlines, many travelers may be worried about stepping onboard their next flight. Experts say that aviation is safe – though not without its problems.
Any move to expand Heathrow must first solve travel capacity issues which will only intensify with millions of new passengers and staff travelling to the airport, a Surrey council has said. Earlier this week Chancellor Rachel backed a third runway at Heathrow as part of a fresh plan to get the UK economy growing.
British businesses turned more pessimistic in January, extending a run of falling corporate confidence to five months, but there were some more hopeful views about trading prospects for the coming year,
Labour’s airport plan admits economic growth trumps carbon piety.