Third runway ‘key to success’

THE country’s biggest trade union is calling on MPs to support the building of a third runway at Heathrow airport, saying it was “fundamental” to the success of the economy.

Unite said it was strongly in favour of recommendations earlier this year from the Airports Commission that Heathrow should be expanded.

The union will brief MPs in the Commons this week as part of its campaign to back Heathrow, with the Government expected to make its decision within days.

General secretary Len McCluskey said: “The building of a third runway is fundamental to the success of at least two major industries of strategic national importance, aviation and aerospace, as well as being crucial to securing our country’s long-term economic prosperity.