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

Sadiq Khan can’t stop the government’s planned Heathrow expansion from going ahead, Rachel Reeves has said.The London mayor has been a vocal opponent of the plan to build a third runway at the London airport.

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.

Chancellor also vows bat tunnels will not be used in UK infrastructure projects as she defends new growth measures

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.

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

The chancellor says the expansion of Europe's busiest airport is "badly needed" - but the Green Party's Sian Berry calls it "the most irresponsible announcement from any government I have seen since the Liz Truss budget".

Reeves made an announcement on Heathrow during a major speech outlining Labour's plans to deliver economic growth.

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,