Chancellor also vows bat tunnels will not be used in UK infrastructure projects as she defends new growth measures

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

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.

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.

There are differences in opinion among Labour big beasts over the policy that's promising to deliver long overdue economic growth.

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 has confirmed he “remains opposed” to a third runway at Heathrow Airport, putting him on a collision course with Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The mayor of London responded to Reeves’ announcement of the government’s backing for the UK’s only hub airport to expand its facilities during her economic speech on Wednesday.

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".

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Commentary: The battleground on expansion of the west London airport will be climate change not air pollution or noise blighting the lives of local residents

Rachel Reeves has 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.