Reeves rejects Heathrow expansion critics, saying answer ‘cannot always be no’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech on economic growth at Siemens Healthineers, in Eynsham, Oxford (Peter Cziborra/PA) - (PA Wire)

Rachel Reeves has rejected criticism of the Government’s support to expand Heathrow Airport after she set out plans to remove barriers to growth in the hope of kickstarting the UK’s stuttering economy.

The Chancellor said the economy will stagnate if you “always give in” to objections and that the answer to new infrastructure “can’t always be no” as Labour Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan said he would seek to halt a third runway going ahead.