Rachel Reeves has in effect banned new “bat tunnels” in big infrastructure projects, as she claimed that flights could be taking off from a new Heathrow third runway “within a decade”.

Rachel Reeves grilled on past opposition to airport expansion over environmental concernsSource: BBC Breakfast

Reeves tells Sadiq Khan he can't block Heathrow's third runway as she names target date - Green campaigners warn of ‘costly mistake’ on airport expansion that will take decades and drive up greenhouse

Truly, satire is dead. The new US President certainly hit the ground running. Stopping almost all foreign aid (rich donees don’t need it, in poor countries it ends up in Swiss bank accounts). Deporting illegal immigrants.

Rachel Reeves has set out a series of major announcements on infrastructure projects, including backing plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. She promised to go "further and faster" than previous governments after years of sluggish growth in the UK.

Rachel Reeves was skewered over her Heathrow expansion plans as she was confronted by Charlie Stayt on BBC Breakfast.

Good morning. Rachel Reeves delivered her big speech on growth. It contained a number of measures: some good (the Oxford/Cambridge arc tops that list), some bad (the third runway at Heathrow) and some added to give the list of growth initiatives the appearance of a more even regional distribution (the regeneration of Old Trafford).

British finance minister Rachel Reeves spelled out her plans to revive the country's slow-moving economy on Wednesday, adding to recent pledges to reform investment and planning rules with a commitment to back airport expansion at Heathrow.

Rachel from accounts is settling up. In a speech at Siemens Healthineers near Oxford, the Chancellor signalled her commitment to development by backing a third runway at Heathrow, placing her on

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday that "economic growth is the number one mission of this government" as she unveiled a series of proposals to boost the UK's economy. But how quickly could the government get growth from the plans she announced?

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.

Has Rachel Reeves got her growth? Today’s speech from the Chancellor in Oxfordshire was not this government’s first attempt to pivot towards a more business-friendly, growth-generating narrative.