Boris Johnson has opened the door for Heathrow to build its third runway as ministers commit to support necessary airport expansion. Mr Johnson once pledged to “lie down in front of the bulldozers” to prevent construction going ahead. missed a Commons vote on Heathrow’s expansion in 2018 that rubber-stamped the project. Last year Robert Jenrick, the then housing secretary, backed London Mayor Sadiq Khan ’s building plan for the capital that opposed expansion at Heathrow airport. Taking aviation back to the skies By Robert Courts MP, aviation minister For over 100 years, aviation has been at the very centre of British life, from the famous military aircraft which helped us win two world wars, to commercial flight connecting us with the rest of the world. Today, we are explaining how this vital industry will move into the future; a future which is greener, but a future that is one of flying nonetheless With every take-off, every world leading airport or … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson revives hopes for Heathrow’s third runway
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Former U.S. Ambassador: ‘Ukrainians are fighting for our freedom as well’
As the deadliest European war in decades enters its third month, Newsweek spoke with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch about the deeper implications of the conflict — for Ukraine itself, but also for the wider world. Yovanovitch, whose recently released memoir, Lessons From the Edge, details both her 33-year diplomatic career and her firing by former President Donald Trump in 2019 following an extensive smear campaign against her, sees Ukraine as a key battleground in the global contest between democracy and autocracy. In her interview, Yovanovitch stressed the importance of understanding the effect that regime type has on a given country's policies, both foreign and domestic. From her perspective, the current hot war in Ukraine is not a battle over materialistic geopolitical interests or expanding alliance structures, but an attempt by an authoritarian Russian leadership to remake the world in its own image. It is a fight that, if Russia is permitted to win, … [Read more...] about Former U.S. Ambassador: ‘Ukrainians are fighting for our freedom as well’
Green Man: Watchdog asked to probe farm purchase with £4.25m of taxpayers money
By David Deans Published 11 minutes ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Wales' public spending watchdog has been asked to investigate the Welsh government's purchase of a farm for Green Man music festival. Ministers have been criticised for buying the farm without a business plan from the festival, which says it does not plan to move there. It comes as the Senedd's Tory leader said the the circumstances around the purchase were "shadowy". The Welsh government declined to respond. It follows an exchange at a House of Commons committee where the managing director of the festival Fiona Stewart declined to say whether she was asked to provide a business plan. BBC Wales previously reported that the company intends to run the site as a farm , and expand its health and sustainability work with Cardiff University there. Ministers spend £4.25m on farm for … [Read more...] about Green Man: Watchdog asked to probe farm purchase with £4.25m of taxpayers money