Rachel Reeves warns Sadiq Khan she will defeat London mayor’s bid to sabotage Heathrow expansion - Chancellor and the mayor of London at odds over controversial plans to add third runway to Heathrow

Rachel Reeves sends message to Sadiq Khan as London mayor opposes Heathrow expansionSource: BBC Radio 4

Rachel Reeves is facing fierce opposition within Labour over her plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

The Chancellor's determination to grow the UK economy has her turning on fellow MPs who risk "putting their own interests above those of the country".

Londoners strongly support Heathrow building a third runway, a poll has shown, as the Government faces a row with Sadiq Khan over the plan. More than half of people in the capital (56%) surveyed said they were in favour of the expansion, which Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday announced the Government would back.

Sadiq Khan can’t stop the government’s planned Heathrow expansion from going ahead, Rachel Reeves has said.The London mayor has been a vocal opponent of the plan to build a third runway at the London airport.

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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.

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