BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce could not hide her bewilderment last night when a Tory MP tried to take credit for some of Labour’s new infrastructure plans. The government has just unveiled a series of building projects meant to boost economic growth in the coming years,

Zarah Sultana, Labour MP for Coventry South, opposes the Heathrow Airport expansion plans and claims the Prime Minister has U-turned on his initial stance.

Declaring that “growth will not come without a fight”, she said that the government would back airport expansion and offered more clues about plans to unshackle housebuilding. The Heathrow decision is the surest sign yet of the government prioritising growth,

Discussions about the expansion of London’s busiest airport date back to 2003, when its owners first sought approval for the third runway. Over 20 years later, Labour has got behind the project as the government invites proposals to be brought forward in the Summer.

Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth raise concerns after it emerges that the head of Back Heathrow has a place on Labour's national policy forum and growth commission - chaired by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves on Wednesday unveiled plans to deliver a shot in the arm for the country's ailing economy, including the expansion of London's Heathrow Airport. The ruling center-left Labour Party has repeatedly pledged to make economic growth its top priority.

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Heathrow has long argued the expansion is needed to help it keep up with rival airports in Europe, which handle less passengers with more runways, with the airport's boss saying a "clear steer" was needed from the government by the end of 2025.

(Bloomberg) — Keir Starmer’s plans to green-light a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport risk triggering a damaging split within his governing Labour Party amid concerns that extend into his own cabinet about its potential impact on the ...

Ed Miliband argued against building a third runway at Heathrow during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, The Telegraph understands. The Energy Security Secretary is thought to have voiced concerns about the environmental impact of the airport expansion, which was at the centre of Rachel Reeves’s new growth plan.

A LABOUR MP has slated his party’s growth agenda saying it “reeks of panic”. In a column for The Guardian, Clive Lewis said plans announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves earlier this week are “fraught with risk” and represent a “sign of desperation”.

Heathrow's third runway can be built and operating in a decade's time, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Reeves told the BBC she wanted to see "spades in the ground" in the current Parliament and planes to start using the runway by 2035.