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The Treasury is understood to be looking at proposals drawn up by think tanks Labour Together and the Centre for British Progress that they claim would provide the Government with a “huge opportunity” for growth.

It comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the Government’s backing for a third runway at Heathrow, claiming it would boost the wider economy and provide much-needed growth.

Included in the report, is the recommendation that ministers should cut through red tape by introducing a “single, bespoke Public Bill for Heathrow”, which would give far greater control of the process to Parliament and “effectively eliminate the legal risk of judicial review”.

The third recommendation is to scrap plans for a long-haul runway in favour of one that delivers short-haul flights to domestic and European destinations in a move that would free up more long haul space on the existing runways, and negate the need to relocate vast sections of the M25.

“You don’t have to agree with every detail to see the broader point: we must build more, and we must do it faster. And crucially, we can. Not recklessly. Not carelessly. But with urgency, confidence, and purpose.”

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The study claims that delivering a new, short-haul runway could reduce airfares by £160 for an average family of four flying on holiday, while delivering between £15.8bn and £17.2bn in net benefits for the wider economy.

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David Lawrence, co-founder of the Centre for British Progress, who helped pen the study, said: “Heathrow expansion is a huge opportunity for this Government to succeed where others have failed. Britain has lost its ability to build things: this is our chance to reverse decades of decline.”

“Instead of Britain’s builders spending years satisfying every objection in advance, this approach would give them permission in principle and make ministers accountable for ensuring projects satisfy environmental thresholds and the other genuine problems that major infrastructure can cause.”

The Treasury was approached for comment.

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