Coming up in the next half hour the government sets out its brexit policy paper. The Transport Secretary says expanding heathrow will be good for britain post brexit. And, as mps debate alcohol harm, a former Minister Talks about growing up as the son of an alcoholic. I know what its like to feel that cold nausea when you find the empty bottles hidden around the house. But first, the government has published its 75 page brexit policy document, laying out what its objectives are in the forthcoming negotiations on extracting the uk from the european union. The principles were contained in the Prime Ministers keynote speech last month, so there were few surprises. The Secretary Of State, david davis, said it confirmed the Prime Ministers vision of an independent, truly global uk. The government recognised the need for clarity and certainty. The white paper also sets out we will take control of our own laws so they are made in london, edinburgh, cardiffand belfast, and ensure that we will
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The Supreme Court has today accepted an appeal by Heathrow Airport against a February 2020 decision to ban the development of a third runway on environmental grounds.
The decision to develop a third runway at Heathrow, driven by the airport being effectively full and a lack of capacity elsewhere in the south east of the UK, dates back to 2015.
In that year, the Airports Commission under Howard Davies recommended the option of an additional runway at the airport ahead of other options to increase airport capacity in the region.
The UK’s then secretary of state for transport Patrick McLoughlin accepted the case for airport expansion and announced in October 2016 that the North West Runway (NWR) scheme was the preferred scheme.