Brexit Blocks Heathrow Runway Plan as Verdict Delayed for New PM
- Growth ruling won’t come until October at least: McLoughlin
- Deferral provides boost for competing Gatwick option
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A verdict on the expansion of London’s Heathrow airport won’t be reached until after Britain gets a new prime minister as politicians focus on the fallout from last week’s vote to leave the European Union.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said Thursday that while he had hoped to announce a decision on airport capacity this summer, the decision to quit the EU had made that impracticable, especially since the House of Commons is due to begin a 6 1/2-week recess on July 21.