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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Heathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report finds

Silhouette of a passenger and an airport staff at Heathrow
The jobs created at Heathrow would primarily represent jobs displaced from around the country, the report showed. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Expanding Heathrow airport will take thousands of jobs from other regions of the UK, including almost 10,000 from the West Midlands alone, according to an analysis of the government’s own forecasts.

An economic paper published by the Department for Transport last month shows that airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if Heathrow builds a third runway, in a significant blow to regional jobs.

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