“Infrastructure investment is critical to securing the future health of the British economy and the Chancellor’s decision to prioritise capital investment is the right approach.
A single decision by the Government to allow the privately funded expansion of Heathrow would transform productivity within the UK – unlocking more domestic connections, making it cheaper and more efficient for British exports to reach fast-growing markets and creating up to £211bn of economic growth and 180,000 new skilled jobs in the UK. Let’s build it.”