Nearly nine in 10 members of parliament do not think Heathrow’s ambitious third runway expansion should go ahead unless there is a major overhaul of its regulatory framework to help bring down costs.
A fresh poll of British lawmakers found that 84 per cent are reluctant to vote through the historic expansion without the west London hub being subject to a parallel shake-up to the way it operates, amid fears the current model fails to incentivise it to keep development costs down.
Half of MPs also believe Heathrow does not currently provide passengers with good value for money, according to the Savanta poll of over 100 members of parliament, shared exclusively with City AM.
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