Healey backs pro-growth case for Heathrow third runway after Burnham ducks issue

<p>Chancellor says government will study responses to public consultation, with airports being ‘big part of jobs and growth’</p><p>John Healey has said there is a pro-growth case for going ahead with a third runway at Heathrow despite the prime minister declining to back it.</p><p>Healey’s predecessor as chancellor, Rachel Reeves, put approval of the long-planned runway at the heart of her “growth speech” last year, saying it would <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/29/rachel-reeves-confirms-government-backing-for-heathrow-third-runway">“make Britain the world’s best-connected place to do business”</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/16/healey-pro-growth-heathrow-third-runway-burnham">Continue reading...</a>