Battle to halt Heathrow expansion will win, says Labour

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says picture changed by net-zero emissions target

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The campaign to stop a third runway at Heathrow is on the verge of victory, Labour’s shadow chancellor has claimed, amid growing opposition to the environmental impact and cost of the multibillion-pound expansion.

John McDonnell, a long-standing opponent of a third runway, said the picture had changed since a legal challenge failed in the spring, as the UK had legislated for a net-zero emissions target by 2050 and declared a climate emergency.

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