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Shapps questions Heathrow viability

16 August 2019
 

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has questioned the financial plan underpinning the construction of a third runway at Heathrow Airport. “Most people accept we need more South East airport capacity, Parliament’s voted for Heathrow,” he told Sky News. But he added: "There are questions about whether the whole plan stacks up. This is privately funded. They’re going to need to make sure they bring in enough income to justify the billions of pounds spent on it, that’s...

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