Heathrow airport expansion plan latest Listen here on your chosen podcast platform. Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025
Heathrow BA cleaners to strike over low wages as airport unveils huge expansion British Airways cleaners at Heathrow are set to strike due to 'poverty wages' Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025
Public think Heathrow expansion ‘wrong priority’, polling suggests Survey conducted for climate charities finds strong support for improving roads and upgrading the rail system – but not a third runway. The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025
Heathrow hits new passenger record in January Trans-Atlantic growth particularly strong with UK-US traffic rising 8% Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025
Increased travel between US and London results in Heathrow’s busiest January ever More than 6.3 million passengers travelled through the west London airport’s four terminals last month The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025
Heathrow records busiest January with 5% rise in passenger numbers More than 6.3 million passengers travelled through the west London airport’s four terminals last month. Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025
TfL 'wants to double' number of Elizabeth line trains serving Heathrow airport Terminal 5 At present, only two ‘Lizzie line’ trains an hour arrive at and depart from the biggest of Heathrow’s terminals Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025
Cleared for take-off - but Heathrow's third runway still faces many obstacles Modernising airspace, reform of regulation, and getting planning consent are all formidable hurdles Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025
Airlines call for ‘fundamental’ reform of charges before Heathrow expansion IAG and Virgin Atlantic have urged regulator the CAA to prevent passengers and airlines being ‘locked into higher charges for decades to come’. The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025
Airlines attack Heathrow for ‘world’s highest passenger charges’ and ‘declining service’ In a campaign called Heathrow Reimagined, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways’ parent IAG, AOC and the Arora hotel group have joined forces The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025
Heathrow expansion: What a third runway means for noise, pollution and the environment There would be an additional 4.4m tonnes of CO2 a year from a third runway – the equivalent to 101,862,382,320 miles driven by the average fuel-powered car The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025
Rob Rinder Shuts Down Ed Miliband Mid-Sentence in Heated Heathrow Showdown ITV's Good Morning Britain took a tense turn when legal expert Rob Rinder confronted Ed Miliband about his future as the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. The Fashion Central · Feb 7, 2025
Ed Miliband says he abides by collective responsibility on Heathrow expansion Expanding Heathrow to build a third runway was among a throng of major projects Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the Government would support. Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025
Heathrow third runway fails to get backing from Ed Miliband who says decision on it 'some years off' A bigger Heathrow is enthusiastically supported by Chancellor Rachel Reeves Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025
The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025 Ed Miliband U-turns on Heathrow expansion after previous opposition Energy secretary insists expansion can be compatible with government’s net zero commitments
The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025 The Observer view on a third Heathrow runway: Rachel Reeves is flying in face of a dire climate threat On almost every level the chancellor’s decision to expand the London airport looks naive, if not foolish
The National (Scotland) · Feb 4, 2025 Fact check: Why is so much Scottish salmon exported via Heathrow? CLAIM: “Why on earth are we exporting major Scottish products, whether that’s salmon or whisky or anything else, via Heathrow?” - Angus…
Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025 Heathrow expansion will only go ahead if it meets climate targets – Miliband The Energy Secretary said the extension of any airport would have to meet existing carbon budgets and environmental restrictions.
The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2025 What is Rachel Reeves ‘green fuel’ plan for Heathrow – and will it work? Labour has set targets for the take up of new sustainable fuel
The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2025 ‘Organic duckweed’ danger at Heathrow Letter: Beware politicians’ seeming faith in implausible solutions – in this case sustainable aviation fuels – just over the horizon, writes Allan Dare
Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025 Rachel Reeves not 'petty' enough to punish TfL because I've spoken out over Heathrow, hopes Sadiq Khan Mayor of London being lined up to lead cross-party ‘rainbow coalition’ of councils fighting third runway
Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025 Heathrow third runway would 'spike global warming emissions by 30% from airport even with eco-fuel for planes' Top academic casts doubts on likely impact of sustainable aviation fuel the Government is claiming
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025 Heathrow expansion puts the government on the flight path to years of trouble and strife On top of the added levels of noise and air pollution, there’s the non-trivial matter of demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting several waterways and rerouting a long stretch of the M25
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025 Reeves’s Heathrow expansion plans leave Labour’s green agenda grounded The chancellor’s apparent volte-face in backing a third runway has left many in her party disillusioned and led them to label it as an act of desperation
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025 Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers Rachel Reeves’ bold infrastructure plans for Heathrow, transport, housing and more rely on training a new generation of construction professionals before the shovels go in the ground