The Rachel Reeves Runway for Growth
The chancellor backs a Heathrow expansion.
Today we look at the Chancellor Rachel Reeves鈥� a speech in which she backed a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport.
She said it鈥檚 "badly needed" and will help grow the economy by creating 100,000 new jobs and improving connectivity to global markets. But is it guaranteed, and what are the implications for emissions?
To answer those questions, Adam and Chris are joined by chief economics correspondent Dharshini David, and policy and analysis correspondent at 麻豆社 Verify Ben Chu.
And, we鈥檝e been asking for your favourite celebrity cameos鈥� today, a Newscaster makes one of their own.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 麻豆社. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn, Anna Harris, and Shiler Mahmoudi. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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