The Labour mayor for London, Sadiq Khan, immediately came out swinging after Reeves’ announcement. He said: “I remain opposed to a new runway at Heathrow airport because of th
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.
The chancellor has pointed to the government's planning reforms as the reason why the project could be completed in 10 years.
The Chancellor's plans to build a third runway at Heathrow could turn great swathes of the English countryside into "noise sewers", campaigners claim.
As UK economics editor, my life for the last week has felt a lot like surrealist movie Being John Malkovich — but with Rachel Reeves in the central role.
U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says that the new Labour government is backing the construction of third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport
Chancellor set to unveil Heathrow and Old Trafford projects in bid to grow economy - Chancellor Rachel Reeves is unveiling a raft of policies aimed at economic growth, and is expected to back the plan
The PM has been joined by Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband, Sadiq Khan and Yvette Cooper for service for the former deputy prime minister under Tony Blair
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the government's backing for a new runway at Heathrow Airport. In a major set piece speech setting out her plans to revitalise the UK's economy, the Chancellor said ministers “cannot duck the decision any longer”.
For a Labour chancellor it was a bold move: Rachel Reeves went to Davos and told an audience of global plutocrats that she wanted to make their lives easier by creating a riskier regulatory environment for UK consumers.
Rachel Reeves is so worried about the UK economy being in the red right now, that she appears to have forgotten Labour’s past promises to go green. Labour vowed in its 2024 manifesto to make Britain the “green finance capital of the world” and work towards reducing greenhouse emissions by 100% from 1990 levels by 2050.
Starmer and Blair join mourners at John Prescott's funeral as Labour veteran remembered in Hull: Latest - The PM has been joined by Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband, Sadiq Khan and Yvette Cooper for veteran