Reeves claims there could be ‘spades in ground’ by end of this parliament in response to doubts about Heathrow plan – UK politics live
Chancellor says she has asked Heathrow to present plans for runway expansion by summerGood morning. The Treasury is continuing to give Rachel Reeves’ speech the sort of media treatment usually reserved for a budget; after a week-long advance briefing blitz, the chancellor is now engaged in a day-after full media round. She will be on the Today programme at 8.10am.Here is our lead story overnight about the speech.We want to see spades in the ground in this parliament.We have asked Heathrow to come forward with plans by this summer, and then we want to grant that development consent order by the end of this parliament, so we can get the diggers in the ground to get this project up and running.I think we can get that done in a decade.That is what we want to achieve and that is what Heathrow wants to achieve. Continue reading...
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Chancellor says she has asked Heathrow to present plans for runway expansion by summer
Good morning. The Treasury is continuing to give Rachel Reeves’ speech the sort of media treatment usually reserved for a budget; after a week-long advance briefing blitz, the chancellor is now engaged in a day-after full media round. She will be on the Today programme at 8.10am.
Here is our lead story overnight about the speech.
We want to see spades in the ground in this parliament.
We have asked Heathrow to come forward with plans by this summer, and then we want to grant that development consent order by the end of this parliament, so we can get the diggers in the ground to get this project up and running.
I think we can get that done in a decade.
That is what we want to achieve and that is what Heathrow wants to achieve. Continue reading...
