Labour will oppose the expansion of Heathrow because the airport will never meet the party’s environmental tests, the shadow chancellor said.
Speaking at a fringe event organised by the No 3rd Runway Coalition at last week’s party conference, John McDonnell said the third runway was “never going to happen”. Officially Labour will support the plan provided Europe’s biggest airport passes tests involving noise, carbon emissions and sharing wealth.
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