LITTLE has changed within the Coalition over its long
summer recess. Both sides are still engaged in an unedifying squabble over key policies and nowhere is the strain proving greater than over airport policy.
The Coalition’s twice-delayed airport capacity consultation is due out this autumn, with Cameron apparently warming to backbench demands to put the ruled-out Heathrow third runway back on the agenda.
A Sunday Express poll reveals voters are just about equally divided over where a new hub airport should be located, though Birmingham Airport narrowly topped the poll.
It’s something perhaps for Cameron to consider when the Tories travel to Britain’s second city for their annual
party conference next month.