Any move to expand Heathrow must first solve travel capacity issues which will only intensify with millions of new passengers and staff travelling to the airport, a Surrey council has said. Earlier this week Chancellor Rachel backed a third runway at Heathrow as part of a fresh plan to get the UK economy growing.

Declaring that “growth will not come without a fight”, she said that the government would back airport expansion and offered more clues about plans to unshackle housebuilding. The Heathrow decision is the surest sign yet of the government prioritising growth,

It is the rich and the corporations who will take the lion’s share of the benefits from Labour’s and all airport expansions, while the poorest around the world pay the costs.

What could a third runway at Heathrow mean for tourism and the climate? Whatever the outcome, it’s still a long way away from happening.

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