Plans to expand London's other airports are already further along than Heathrow's and have in the past been viewed as an alternative to a third Heathrow runway. Work is set to start this year to expand capacity at Stansted's terminal. The government is due to make a decision on Gatwick airport by 27 February.

House prices in some of the last villages in Greater London are 'permanently depressed', long-time campaigners tell The i Paper

"Three-quarters of the village would be demolished. It wouldn't be a viable community. Pubs, the shops will go because there aren't enough customers. "The bus won't come up on the main road because there's a runway in the way.

The government is set to give its backing to the construction of a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport on Wednesday. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce the decision in a major speech on achieving economic growth.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves is expected to back the expansion of Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, turning to the country's most controversial infrastructure project in her hunt for economic growth.

Homeowners in Harmondsworth, where the third runway will be built, told Yahoo News of the financial and environmental consequences of living next to Heathrow.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has backed a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport as part of a fresh plan to get the UK's sluggish economy growing. She said Heathrow expansion, which has been delayed for decades over environmental concerns, would "make Britain the world's best connected place to do business".