LondonBurnham won’t back the UK’s £49bn Heathrow runway.
The reversal puts investors and airlines’ plans for a 2030 runway in doubt.
Burnham called the runway a contested issue for Londoners to decide, breaking from Rachel Reeves’s growth-first backing for the project.
Unite’s Sharon Graham called the runway essential, and GMB’s Gary Smith urged the government to end decades of delay.
Burnham says he’ll decide after weighing the public consultation, with no timeline given for a final call.
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- Yahoo! Finance
- policy shift from previous government enthusiasm, friction with unions supporting the runway's economic benefits
- The Telegraph
Sources: The Telegraph, Yahoo! Finance