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R4U party chair Dan Starr said R4U is bitterly disappointed with the appeal decision.
Mr Starr said they believed that approving expansion at both Stansted and Heathrow would prevent the government from meeting its legal obligations under the UK’s Sixth Carbon Budget law, and he believed it undermined credibility for hosting the COP26 Climate Change summit in Glasgow.
Uttlesford Liberal Democrats said the Planning Inspectorates decision would result in an “environmental and financial disaster” for residents.
Recently elected Liberal Democrat opposition leader Cllr Melvin Caton, councillor for Stansted South and Birchanger, said by the time of the appeal, the R4U position had changed from initially supporting the decision s refusal in January 2020.
The view from Manchester Airport as passengers catch the first flight to Portugal
Manchester Airports Group chief executive Charlie Cornish described it as “a symbolic moment after the most difficult year in our history”.
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The first passengers jetted off from Manchester Airport this morning as a ban on overseas leisure travel was lifted.