Heathrow expansion can be done in a decade, says Rachel Reeves - The Chancellor said she wanted to see ‘spades in the ground in this parliament’.

Rachel Reeves is facing fierce opposition within Labour over her plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

Chancellor’s optimistic economic growth vision hit in the short term as Tesco and Lloyds announce hundreds of job losses and she admits fixing the economy is ‘not an easy job’