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Government ‘not ripping up’ green protections, minister says, amid projects push

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the Chancellor was right to prioritise growth amid speculation about the future of Heathrow airport.

Evening Standard

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander opposed third runway at Heathrow which Rachel Reeves appears to now back

Exclusive: Heidi Alexander is the eighth Cabinet minister known to have objected to a bigger Heathrow, as has Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow could add £40 to airline ticket

Treasury analysis shows ticket prices expected to go up across board with no plans for frequent flyers to shoulder more of the cost

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Legal challenges to infrastructure plans to be blocked in Starmer growth push

Prime minister hopes his plan to ‘take the brakes off Britain’ will send a message to business to build more

The Guardian - UK

BA’s owner warns it would not back Heathrow expansion without fees overhaul

IAG)chief executive Luis Gallego said the regulatory model used to determine the west London airport’s charges is ‘not fit for purpose’.

Evening Standard

Reeves says growth eclipses net zero as Heathrow runway decision looms

Chancellor hints in Davos she intends to reaffirm backing of airport expansion despite climate concerns

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves clashes with Sadiq Khan over third Heathrow runway as she hits out at people who 'always say no' to growth

Chancellor says if Britain wants a strong economy the answer ‘can't always be 'no'’ to projects that will create growth

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Reeves risks Cabinet row as she says growth must trump green concerns over Heathrow third runway

Chancellor is gearing up for a potential row with cabinet colleagues over major expansion of London’s airports

The Independent UK

Reeves says need for growth trumps opposition amid Heathrow speculation

The Chancellor said opposition to measures that will boost growth have been a problem for too long in the UK.

Evening Standard

EasyJet boss plots big move into Heathrow if third runway gets built

The comments came as easyJet cut its losses by more than half for the latest quarter on the back of improved demand for flights and package holidays.

Evening Standard

Labour split over support for Heathrow expansion with Reeves set to give backing

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to voice her support for a third runway at Heathrow despite opposition from cabinet collegue Ed Miliband and London mayor Sadiq Khan

The Independent UK

Gatwick still beats Heathrow hands-down if we must have another runway

Pollution aside, the problem with expanding Heathrow lies in the disruption and delay inevitable in such a complex project

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer and 16 ministers urged not to 'U-turn' on opposing Heathrow third runway

Environmental groups have warned of the climate change impact of hundreds of thousands more flights which could also blight parts of London with noise

Evening Standard

OPINION - It will be messy and painful, but Britain can't afford to reject a third runway at Heathrow

Labour has been heavily criticised for its lack of compelling overarching vision for the country. But if there are two themes that do define this Government, they are the commitment to make Britain a world leading net zero green superpower, and the elusive quest for economic growth.

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What the expansion of Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton means for passengers

Environmentalists are appalled at the prospect of higher emissions, noise and congestion

Evening Standard

Climate group says Heathrow expansion would be ‘catastrophic’

Climate charity Possible said the ‘huge increase in emissions’ from a third runway ‘won’t help our economy’.

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves to back Heathrow third runway in bid for economic growth

Government could back much-delayed plan for third runway at Heathrow, as well as expansion of Gatwick and Luton airports

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow third runway plan labelled ‘desperate’ amid Labour divisions

Rachel Reeves hopes expansion will increase economic growth but Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan oppose it

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Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves ducks question over whether she backs Heathrow third runway but stresses economic growth key

A decision to push ahead with a massive expansion of Heathrow is likely to be strongly opposed by Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan

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UK visitors face £6 rise in permit fee

The Home Office said it is proposing to raise the maximum price of an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) – which currently costs £10 – to £16.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan says second runway at Gatwick would destroy rationale for Heathrow expansion

The mayor said he understood ‘the importance of aviation to our economy’ while stressing the need to ‘recognise the crisis we face in terms of climate’

The Independent UK

Government reverses new ETA requirement for Heathrow transit passengers

Heathrow jubilant as ministers back down on plans to require online permit from passengers changing planes at Britain’s busiest airport

Evening Standard

Black woman who sued Heathrow for £1 million after being 'strip searched' has race discrimination claim thrown out

A black woman who attempted to sue Heathrow Airport has had her case thrown out after claiming that she was strip-searched “because of her race”.

The Independent UK

Ministers ‘taken aback’ by Army deployment to protect Heathrow

Newly released files show ministers had not expected such a high-profile show of force in the face of a possible terrorist threat to the airport.

The Independent UK

Fog grounds dozens more Heathrow and Gatwick flights on one of the busiest weekends of UK winter

More than 200 flights to and from UK airports were cancelled between noon on Friday and Saturday evening

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