The PM has been joined by Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband, Sadiq Khan and Yvette Cooper for service for the former deputy prime minister under Tony Blair

The PM has been joined by Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband, Sadiq Khan and Yvette Cooper for veteran Labour MP’s funeral

U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says that the new Labour government is backing the construction of third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the government's backing for a new runway at Heathrow Airport. In a major set piece speech setting out her plans to revitalise the UK's economy, the Chancellor said ministers “cannot duck the decision any longer”.

Heathrow Airport could get the political green light from Chancellor Rachel Reeves later this month for its mega upgrade - but campaigners are furious.

The Chancellor's plans to build a third runway at Heathrow could turn great swathes of the English countryside into "noise sewers", campaigners claim.

Some Labour MPs encouraged the Government to strike a balance between growth and environmental concerns, while the Tories claimed talk of Heathrow expansion was a “panicked and rushed attempt” by Ms Reeves to “distract attention from the state of the economy”.

Hillingdon’s ruling Conservative group also strongly oppose Heathrow expansion, as does Hayes & Harlington MP John McDonnell, now an Independent.

Labour backlash over Heathrow as Sadiq Khan and MPs hit out at 'hugely damaging' 'mistake’ - Energy secretary Ed Miliband, who threatened to resign from Gordon Brown’s government over expansion of the west London airport,

MAYDAY, MAYDAY: The government got a taste of the stink bomb it could set off among Labour MPs with the expected announcement tomorrow of plans to expand Heathrow airport ... while Hayes and Harlington MP John McDonnell said his voters would find the ...

John Prescott's Hull funeral draws Labour veterans as Reeves vows Heathrow third runway within decade: Latest - Green campaigners warn of ‘costly mistake’ on airport expansion that will take decades a