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Labour Cabinet rift widens as Ed Miliband hints Heathrow expansion might not happen
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Ed Miliband has suggested that Heathrow's airport expansion might not happen amid a Cabinet rift over the issue.
A third runway needs to be "justified within carbon budgets", the Energy Secretary told the Environment Audit Committee on Monday.
He added: "If it cannot be justified, it will not take place. I can absolutely assure you that is the position of the Government. That is absolutely the basis on which the Government stands."
A carbon budget places a restriction on the total amount of greenhouse gases the UK can emit over a five-year period.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she could support plans for a new runway at the London airport to spur on "growth".
But this is at odds with objections from Cabinet ministers, including Mr Miliband.
The Chancellor is expected to endorse proposals for a third runway at Heathrow in a speech on Wednesday, as well as expansion at Gatwick and Luton airports.
Meanwhile analysts have warned that Mr Miliband is on track to miss his flagship clean power target because of a projected shortfall in wind and solar farms.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...784b180&ei=199
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