Rachel Reeves sends message to Sadiq Khan as London mayor opposes Heathrow expansionSource: BBC Radio 4

Rachel Reeves warns Sadiq Khan she will defeat London mayor’s bid to sabotage Heathrow expansion - Chancellor and the mayor of London at odds over controversial plans to add third runway to Heathrow

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.

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

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

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.

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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".

Rachel Reeves has confirmed the Government will support building a controversial third runway at Heathrow and other airport expansion plans despite fierce opposition from some in her own party. In a speech in Oxfordshire on Wednesday,

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.

Heathrow 's third runway could be built and in use by 2035, Rachel Reeves has signalled. Asked for a timeline on the plans, which she backed on Wednesday, the Chancellor told BBC Breakfast: "We want to see spades in the ground in this Parliament.