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Monday, 25 June 2018

BBC News

• Uber to begin appeal over London licence denialA London court will consider later today if Uber is "fit and proper" to hold an operator licence in the capital.
• Airbus Brexit remarks criticised by senior Conservative MPGuto Bebb says responses to Airbus' jobs warnings are
• SNP MPs 'may not back Heathrow expansion'A senior party source tells BBC Scotland the SNP has not been convinced by the case for a third runway.
• Heathrow Airport: MPs gear up for crunch third runway voteBoris Johnson - an opponent of a third runway - will be out of the country for the Commons vote.

Department for Transport

• Five point pledge on Heathrow ahead of historic voteParliament’s vote on Heathrow expansion will be the biggest transport decision in a generation.

The Guardian

• Len McCluskey at odds with Corbyn over Heathrow expansionLen McCluskey has written to all Labour MPs urging them to back Heathrow expansion on Monday, a move that puts the head of the Unite union directly at odds with Jeremy Corbyn.

Times Online

• Airport privatisation ‘will drive up fares’ [subscription]International aviation chiefs have warned that President Macron’s plan to privatise the Paris airport operator will lead to price rises for travellers.
• Boris Johnson is mocked for ducking Heathrow vote [subscription]Boris Johnson was under more pressure over his position on Heathrow after he was mocked by Greg Hands, the minister who resigned to vote against a third runway.

City AM

• The SNP could refuse to back Heathrow expansion plans and sway crucial Commons vote todayThe SNP could prevent Heathrow's expansion plans from getting off the ground by refusing to back the third runway plans at a key Commons vote today.

Sky News

• MPs set for crunch vote on Heathrow expansion without Boris JohnsonThe foreign secretary, who is abroad, once threatened to lie down in front of the bulldozers if a third runway was approved.

Yorkshire Post

• Baroness Sugg: Heathrow expansion will benefit all of UKMPs will today face a landmark decision – whether to vote in favour of expansion at Heathrow or oppose it. This is a scheme which would bring more flights, more jobs and greater economic growth to the UK. And while this remarkable infrastructure project would take place in the South East of England, its benefits would be felt right across the country.