An expansion of Heathrow Airport may have averted Friday’s power meltdown, it has emerged. For more than two decades, the airport has been campaigning for approval to expand. Yet since the airport’s ...

In fact, it is more likely that Heathrow’s expansion would redirect investment to the southeast, exacerbating regional inequalities, all the while undermining the UK’s own tourist industry.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has given the go-ahead to a third runway at the UK’s busiest airports, Heathrow. The government is also expected to back expansion at the two biggest London airports ...