Tory MPs press George Osborne to build more runways at Heathrow

clock

Sajid Javid, Osborne's parliamentary private secretary, is backing the Free Enterprise Group seeking extra runways

Key allies of George Osborne will today call for a doubling of the number of runways at Heathrow airport to avoid London losing its status as a world business hub. Amid signs that the chancellor is...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Aviation

Green aviation: Government clears £219m Low Carbon Fuels Fund for take-off

Green aviation: Government clears £219m Low Carbon Fuels Fund for take-off

New fund set to accelerate development of sustainable aviation fuels and support 15,000 aviation sector jobs

Stuart Stone
clock 16 June 2026 • 4 min read
Government faces calls to redesign SAF Revenue Certainty Mechanism

Government faces calls to redesign SAF Revenue Certainty Mechanism

Open letter from leading clean tech firms urges policymakers to ensure support for Sustainable Aviation Fuel helps deliver a domestic green fuel industry

clock 03 June 2026 • 3 min read
UK regional airline Loganair inks 15-year e-SAF deal with ClimaHtech Green Flight

UK regional airline Loganair inks 15-year e-SAF deal with ClimaHtech Green Flight

Long-term offtake deal will support UK production project for low carbon aviation fuels including power-biomass-to-liquid BioSAF and power-to-liquid eSAF

clock 27 May 2026 • 2 min read