The Labour mayor for London, Sadiq Khan, immediately came out swinging after Reeves’ announcement. He said: “I remain opposed to a new runway at Heathrow airport because of th

The chancellor says the airport is at "the heart of the UK's openness as a country" and a third runway could lead to 100,000 more jobs.

For a Labour chancellor it was a bold move: Rachel Reeves went to Davos and told an audience of global plutocrats that she wanted to make their lives easier by creating a riskier regulatory environment for UK consumers.

Rachel Reeves is defending her plans to grow the UK economy this morning after a backlash over the government backing a third Heathrow runway.The Chancellor 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.

Rachel Reeves is so worried about the UK economy being in the red right now, that she appears to have forgotten Labour’s past promises to go green. Labour vowed in its 2024 manifesto to make Britain the “green finance capital of the world” and work towards reducing greenhouse emissions by 100% from 1990 levels by 2050.

Rachel Reeves' public show of support for expanding Heathrow has caused a divide within Labour ranks, with Sadiq Khan among high-profile names voicing their opposition to the plan.