Ed Miliband has said the expansion of Heathrow and other airports "won't go ahead" if they don't meet the UK's emissions targets - putting him on a potential collision course with Rachel Reeves. The chancellor has not commented directly on whether she would support a third runway at Heathrow, but she has indicated she would be prepared to overrule environmental objections to allow the project to go ahead.

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Why Keir Starmer will soon have to choose between Rachel 'growth' Reeves and Ed 'net zero' Miliband

BBC Verify assesses whether Chancellor Rachel Reeves' three key climate claims about the runway add up.

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Electric planes, new fuel: Can Heathrow's third runway be green?

Ed Miliband looked visibly uncomfortable as he was grilled over how the expansion of Heathrow Airport with a third runway was compatible with his carbon emission net zero targets

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Ed Miliband hints Heathrow expansion may not go ahead if it breaches net zero targets

Shortfalls in wind and solar energy threaten the UK's flagship energy pledge.

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Labour Cabinet rift widens as Miliband hints Heathrow expansion may not happen

Energy Secretary insists the expansion ‘must be justified within carbon budgets’, as Rachel Reeves prepares to endorse the proposal

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Third Heathrow runway will not go ahead if it breaks net zero targets, says Miliband

The Cabinet minister stressed the whole Government was committed to legally binding climate change targets

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Heathrow third runway won't go ahead if it busts UK carbon targets, says Ed Miliband

The energy secretary's commitment to climate targets puts him at odds with Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who has indicated that economic growth is more important.

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Heathrow expansion 'won't go ahead' if it doesn't meet climate targets, Ed Miliband says

Measures such as the approval of a third runway at Heathrow are at odds with net-zero ambitions

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed a third runway at Heathrow would improve air quality by allowing planes to land directly rather than circling London, despite previously opposing airport expansion in her own area.Speaking to the BBC, Reeves argued that changes in aviation technology supported the case for Heathrow expansion.However, it emerged that in 2020, Reeves opposed the £150million expansion of Leeds-Bradford Airport, close to her own …

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Rachel Reeves claims Heathrow runway expansion would improve air quality despite blocking plans in her own area

RACHEL Reeves has been slated by climate campaigners for announcing plans to extend airports in England, including the development of a third runway…

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'Disaster': Climate activists slate Rachel Reeves's plans for airport expansions

Scale and cost of construction could pose bigger barrier than political opposition

Heathrow expansion 'won't go ahead' if it doesn't meet climate targets, Ed Miliband says

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