No new runway for Heathrow

The British government has restated its opposition to a third runway at Heathrow as a senior Tory challenged David Cameron to show if he was a “man or a mouse” by reversing the policy.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Committee Tim Yeo urged a u-turn on Heathrow policy, insisting that expansion of Heathrow would give the Government “a sense of mission”.