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The prime minister says London Mayor Boris Johnson is wrong to dismiss a third runway at Heathrow and will not be given a veto on the issue.
Sunday, 04 November 2012
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- Boris wrong on Heathrow - CameronThe prime minister says London Mayor Boris Johnson is wrong to dismiss a third runway at Heathrow and will not be given a veto on the issue.
The Guardian
- Boris Johnson told to leave politics out of airport plansCommission head says he wants public debate about location of country's major air hubThe head of the new commission deciding the future of Britain's airports has hit back at Boris Johnson for politicising the debate over the location of the country's major air hub.Sir Howard Davies, who launched his inquiry last week, says he wants a public debate first and foremost about the issues surrounding airports.Davies, a former head of the Financial Services Authority, was responding to attempts by the London mayor to ambush the launch of the three-year commission last Friday by publicly complaining t...
The Observer
- Let's not avoid the difficult questions on the future of our airports Howard Davies has an onerous task in choosing whether we need a new airport or an expanded Heathrow
Daily Express
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Mail Online
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London Evening Standard
- PM rebukes Boris over third runwayDavid Cameron has slapped down London Mayor Boris Johnson for threatening to undermine a review into the future of airports.
- Airports review chief warns BorisThe man leading an independent review into the future of Britain's airports has called on Boris Johnson to stop politicising the debate over how the country should expand its aviation capacity.
Crewe Chronicle
- UK & World News: Airports review chief warns BorisThe man leading an independent review into the future of Britain's airports has called on Boris Johnson to stop politicising the debate over how the country should expand its aviation capacity.
Lancashire Telegraph
- Free bus travel offered to East Lancashire's young jobseekers and students FREE bus travel is being promised to young jobseekers and would-be students in Lancashire as part of a £1million education initiative.
- Free bus travel offered to East Lancashire's young jobseekers and students FREE bus travel is being promised to young jobseekers and would-be students in Lancashire as part of a £1million education initiative.
- Free bus travel offered to East Lancashire's young jobseekers and students FREE bus travel is being promised to young jobseekers and would-be students in Lancashire as part of a £1million education initiative.
Other Regional Press
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- UK & World News: PM rebukes Boris over third runwayDavid Cameron has slapped down London Mayor Boris Johnson for threatening to undermine a review into the future of airports.
- UK & World News: Airports review chief warns BorisThe man leading an independent review into the future of Britain's airports has called on Boris Johnson to stop politicising the debate over how the country should expand its aviation capacity.
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Airportwatch
- Under pressure: the man who must rule on next UK airport Politicians, green lobbyists, business … and Boris Johnson. All these and more are clamouring to be heard in the increasingly fractious debate over the site for a possible new airport hub. Sir Howard Davies explains the task that is facing his inquiry
London TravelWatch
- New bus for London comes to Harrow for London TravelWatch™s transport users™ engagement event London TravelWatch, the watchdog for transport users in London is holding a transport users™ engagement event in Harrow on Saturday 10 November, after successful events in Tooting, Stratford, Croydon and Romford over the last few years.
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