UK BACKS THIRD RUNAWAY LONDON'S HEATHROW AIRPORT

Britain's Labour government will back the construction of a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport to boost trade and economic growth, finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday.

Successive governments have dithered over whether to expand the site to the west of London, with politicians and the legal system caught between the need to build more capacity and concerns around the impact on pollution and carbon emissions.

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