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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Stewart Carr

Conservatives back Heathrow expansion as Burnham keeps ‘open mind’

A future Conservative government would "do whatever it takes" to deliver a third runway at Heathrow, as Labour leader Andy Burnham continues to keep an "open mind" on plans to expand Britain's busiest airport.

Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith is expected to use his speech to the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham to pledge sweeping reforms aimed at speeding up major infrastructure projects.

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