Department for Transport analysis suggests 0.05% boost will be offset by overall negative trade-off

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says airport 'not punching its weight'

A controversial £33billion plan to expansion Heathrow airport has moved step closure with a government blueprint on a third runway

Department for Transport analysis suggests 0.05% boost will be offset by overall negative trade-off

Heathrow’s third runway could boost the UK economy by just 0.05 per cent, a 90 per cent loss of the economic benefit previously forecast.