CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves is set to support a third runway at Heathrow Airport and endorse the full-time use of a second runway at Gatwick Airport. Plans to introduce an additional runway at Heathrow Airport have been debated for decades. Back in June 2018, the UK Parliament voted in favour of introducing a third runway at the airport.
The Court of Appeal ruled the government's approval unlawful in 2020 because it did not meet the country's commitments to climate change under the Paris Agreement. Later that year, the Supreme Court overturned the ruling, allowing the project to continue. While there is no current application for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, Reeves is expected to announce her support for any future plans.
Read More on Airports A spokesperson from Heathrow Airpor t told Sun Online Travel: "Heathrow is the best-connected airport in the world. That competitive advantage for UK plc already enables over £200bn of British trade annually. "But growing the economy means adding capacity at the UK’s hub airport which is full.
"That’s why we’re planning to unlock capacity by improving and upgrading our existing infrastructure, while also looking at potential options to deliver a third runway at Heathrow in line with strict tests on carbon, noise and air quality." Reeves' support is part of a wider plan to boost the country's economic growth by increasing airport capacity in the southeast of England . Most read in News Travel The Chancellor is also set to supp.
