Heathrow's third runway can be built and operating in a decade's time, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Reeves told the BBC she wanted to see "spades in the ground" in the current Parliament and planes to start using the runway by 2035.

The chancellor has pledged support for a third runway at Heathrow, vowed to create Europe’s Silicon Valley between Oxford and Cambridge along with up to 18 new towns, backed Old Trafford's redevelopment,