Rachel Reeves has in effect banned new “bat tunnels” in big infrastructure projects, as she claimed that flights could be taking off from a new Heathrow third runway “within a decade”.

Rachel Reeves grilled on past opposition to airport expansion over environmental concernsSource: BBC Breakfast

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

Truly, satire is dead. The new US President certainly hit the ground running. Stopping almost all foreign aid (rich donees don’t need it, in poor countries it ends up in Swiss bank accounts). Deporting illegal immigrants.

Rachel Reeves was skewered over her Heathrow expansion plans as she was confronted by Charlie Stayt on BBC Breakfast.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves spelled out her plans to revive the country's slow-moving economy on Wednesday, adding to recent pledges to reform investment and planning rules with a commitment to back airport expansion at Heathrow.

Good morning. Rachel Reeves delivered her big speech on growth. It contained a number of measures: some good (the Oxford/Cambridge arc tops that list), some bad (the third runway at Heathrow) and some added to give the list of growth initiatives the appearance of a more even regional distribution (the regeneration of Old Trafford).

Rachel from accounts is settling up. In a speech at Siemens Healthineers near Oxford, the Chancellor signalled her commitment to development by backing a third runway at Heathrow, placing her on

Heathrow 's third runway could be built and in use by 2035, Rachel Reeves has signalled. Asked for a timeline on the plans, which she backed on Wednesday, the Chancellor told BBC Breakfast: "We want to see spades in the ground in this Parliament.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday that "economic growth is the number one mission of this government" as she unveiled a series of proposals to boost the UK's economy. But how quickly could the government get growth from the plans she announced?

Reeves tells Sadiq Khan he can't block Heathrow's third runway as she names target date - Green campaigners warn of ‘costly mistake’ on airport expansion that will take decades and drive up greenhouse