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London is the world’s greatest city — it deserves an airport to match that status. Although the capital’s premier hub has come a long way since the days of “Heathrow Hell” a decade or so ago it still falls short of passengers’ and business expectation too often.

Energy secretary Ed Miliband, who threatened to resign from Gordon Brown’s government over expansion of the west London airport, did not attend chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech

Backing for a third runway at Heathrow and pledges to reform environmental regulation have prompted criticism from climate and nature groups.

Rachel Reeves gave a major speech this morning where she confirmed she will back a third runway at Heathrow

The mayor also cast doubt on the project’s economic benefits and said it would worsen noise levels suffered by west Londoners

Its not the first time we’re hearing about a third runway; the discussion traces back a few decades

Rachel Reeves put support for a third runway at the London hub airport at the heart of her plan to kickstart the UK economy.

The Chancellor backed the expansion of Heathrow, and plans to turn Oxford and Cambridge into ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ in a bid to boost the economy.