Live: Energy minister Ed Miliband quizzed over Heathrow Airport runway expansion

Описание: Ed Miliband has ruled out resigning as energy secretary if Rachel Reeves backs a third runway at Heathrow – despite his previous objections.

More than a decade ago, Mr Miliband reportedly threatened to quit Gordon Brown’s cabinet if the then Labour government supported the airport’s expansion.

And in 2018 he said he would vote against another runway in the House of Commons, because “we owe it to future generations not just to have good environmental principles but to act on them”.

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