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Conservatives signal rethink on third runway
The idea of a third runway for Heathrow appears to be back on the table following a rethink on the issue by key Conservative politicians.
Both the Conservatives and the LibDems opposed the construction of a third runway at the last election but the Chancellor George Osborne hinted at a change of tack in his Budget speech last week.
"The country must confront the lack of airport capacity in the South East of England,” he said. “We cannot cut ourselves off from the fastest growing cities in the world. The Transport Secretary will set out the Government's thinking later this summer."
Meanwhile, Tim Yeo, the Tory chairman of the energy and climate change select committee, said at the weekend that he had “completely changed” his mind on the issue of Heathrow expansion.
“We cannot wait around any longer,” he said. “We have to get on with this. If we don’t, the Chinese and others will take their business elsewhere. There is no time to delay.”
This apparent change in mood came in the wake of a concerted campaign by business leaders, who argue that Britain is choking off economic growth by failing to add new direct flights to key cities in growth markets such as China and India.
Not everyone is convinced, however. London mayor Boris Johnson, who has long advocated an entirely new airport in the Thames estuary, said a third runway would not be built while he remains in post and Zac Goldsmith, Conservative MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston, threatened to resign if the leadership performs a U-turn on the issue.
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Conservatives signal rethink on third runway
The idea of a third runway for Heathrow appears to be back on the table following a rethink on the issue by key Conservative politicians.
Both the Conservatives and the LibDems opposed the construction of a third runway at the last election but the Chancellor George Osborne hinted at a change of tack in his Budget speech last week.
"The country must confront the lack of airport capacity in the South East of England,” he said. “We cannot cut ourselves off from the fastest growing cities in the world. The Transport Secretary will set out the Government's thinking later this summer."
Meanwhile, Tim Yeo, the Tory chairman of the energy and climate change select committee, said at the weekend that he had “completely changed” his mind on the issue of Heathrow expansion.
“We cannot wait around any longer,” he said. “We have to get on with this. If we don’t, the Chinese and others will take their business elsewhere. There is no time to delay.”
This apparent change in mood came in the wake of a concerted campaign by business leaders, who argue that Britain is choking off economic growth by failing to add new direct flights to key cities in growth markets such as China and India.
Not everyone is convinced, however. London mayor Boris Johnson, who has long advocated an entirely new airport in the Thames estuary, said a third runway would not be built while he remains in post and Zac Goldsmith, Conservative MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston, threatened to resign if the leadership performs a U-turn on the issue.
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