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Fact check: New runways, growth projections and Taylor Swift clip

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Give Rachel Reeves’s plan for UK growth a chance

The chancellor’s growth speech was not perfect – but it is a start after decades of underinvestment in Britain

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca axes £450m vaccine plant in Liverpool, blaming state funding cut

Days after Rachel Reeves highlighted life sciences as UK strength, firm decides against site expansion

The Guardian - UK

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Scotland knows Brexit is holding Britain back. Why won’t Labour admit it?

Five years after we left the EU, people are still paying the price. We’re ready to work with Westminster to forge closer bonds with Europe, says Scotland’s first minister John Swinney

The Guardian - UK

'Reeks of panic': Labour MP tears into party's growth plans

A LABOUR MP has slated his party’s growth agenda saying it “reeks of panic”.

The National (Scotland)

I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic

The decision to expand Heathrow is just the latest evidence that my party is chasing policies that serve profit, not people, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow airport expansion will smash our community, say nearby villagers

Hundreds of homes could be demolished in the west London villages of Harmondsworth and Longford if the expansion gets the green light.

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Mel Stride fails to take off when given the chance to talk about Heathrow

Shadow chancellor has few opportunities to make a mark, and this time he returned to the land of futility after just six minutes

The Guardian - UK

Will Labour’s plan for growth actually work? Two economists respond

The UK chancellor Rachel Reeves says the Labour government will go “further and faster” to kick-start the British economy. Economic growth – to raise living standards and fund public services – is apparently a core mission of this government.

The Conversation

Trade union boss warns Reeves against trading workers rights for economic growth

Exclusive: FBU general secretary issues a warning to Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer over pay and workers rights following the chancellor’s speech

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves’ route to economic growth is a slow one – and there are no guarantees voters will be patient enough

After six months of talking down the economy and warning of tough times ahead, the UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has changed her tune. She is now much more optimistic about Britain’s economic prospects and has announced a raft of measures including major pension reforms designed to unlock cash to boost…

The Conversation

Northern MPs warn of ‘brain drain’ to infrastructure projects in south of England

Labour figures struggling to explain benefits of major investment in the south of England to their constituents

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves grilled on past opposition to airport expansion over environmental concerns

Rachel Reeves was questioned over her previous opposition to expanding Leeds-Bradford airport after she gave the green light to a third runway at Heathrow on Wednesday (28 January).

The Independent UK

Who owns Heathrow and who is the CEO?

Heathrow’s CEO pointed the blame at the electricity company handling the substation’s infrastructure

Evening Standard

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Reeves should U-turn on winter fuel payment and farm ‘tax raid’, Tories say

Conservative whip Joy Morrissey urged the Government to ‘be bold’ and reinstate universal winter fuel payments.

Evening Standard

India trade deal should secure release of detained British citizen, says MP

Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, has been held in India since 2017.

The Conversation

‘Sustainable’ aviation fuel and other myths about green airport expansion debunked

Environmentalists and locals have resisted a third runway at London’s Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, for more than two decades. Today, their efforts took a major setback.

Evening Standard

Heathrow expansion branded 'criminal' as fourth-generation Sipson villagers fear homes will be destroyed

Villagers in Sipson have lived in the shadow of Heathrow airport for decades. As new expansion plans are unveiled, locals once again fear losing their homes

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The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves warns Sadiq Khan she will defeat London mayor’s bid to sabotage Heathrow expansion

Chancellor and the mayor of London at odds over controversial plans to add third runway to Heathrow

Evening Standard

Stars align for Heathrow third runway but Supreme Court may put the fast-warming planet first

Commentary: The battleground on expansion of the west London airport will be climate change not air pollution or noise blighting the lives of local residents

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves unaware former chancellors had published tax returns

The Chancellor had initially ruled out publishing her tax returns, but has now said she is ‘very happy’ to do so.

The National (Scotland)

SNP minister questions why major Scottish exports go through Heathrow Airport

AN SNP minister has questioned why major Scottish exports go through Heathrow Airport ...

Evening Standard

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’.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves says third runway at Heathrow could be built and in use by 2035

Chancellor says she wants to see ‘spades in the ground’ in this Parliament

The Guardian - UK

Labour warned tough laws against people smugglers in new bill could penalise asylum seekers – UK politics live

Refugee Council says ‘many refugees themselves could also be prosecuted’ under proposals

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