Sir Keir Starmer faces a furious backlash after it emerged he may refuse to give MPs a vote on a third Heathrow runway. Downing Street said no decision has been made on whether the House of Commons will be asked to approve the scheme, even though the Conservative government did hold a vote when a third runway was proposed in 2018.

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Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions after Rachel Reeves backed a third Heathrow runway on Wednesday, 29 January.The prime minister is being grilled by Kemi Badenoch on the chancellor’s major speech on growth,