Sadiq Khan has confirmed he “remains opposed” to a third runway at Heathrow Airport, putting him on a collision course with Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The mayor of London responded to Reeves’ announcement of the government’s backing for the UK’s only hub airport to expand its facilities during her economic speech on Wednesday.

Reeves made an announcement on Heathrow during a major speech outlining Labour's plans to deliver economic growth.

Heathrow expansion would undermine London's 'clean air' progress - The mayor also cast doubt on the project’s economic benefits and said it would worsen noise levels suffered by west Londoners

Reeves told the BBC she wanted to see "spades in the ground" in the current Parliament and planes to start using the runway by 2035. She also said that Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London who is opposed to Heathrow's expansion,

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says he doesn't support a third runway at Heathrow - in direct opposition to the postion set out by the Labour government today.

Londoners strongly support Heathrow building a third runway, a poll has shown, as the Government faces a row with Sadiq Khan over the plan. More than half of people in the capital (56%) surveyed said they were in favour of the expansion, which Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday announced the Government would back.