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Evening Standard
David Lynch

Heathrow expansion can be done in a decade, says Rachel Reeves

Heathrow Airport’s third runway can be built in the next decade, Rachel Reeves has said, as she aims to boost growth amid the UK’s gloomy economic outlook.

The Chancellor said she wanted to see the expansion completed by 2035, through a combination of support for the long-delayed project from ministers and reforms to the planning system the Government is pushing.

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