Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport

The chancellor is under fire after a study cited as evidence for expanding the terminal to boost the UK's economic growth was ordered by Heathrow itself

Rachel Reeves was facing criticism on Saturday night as it was confirmed that a report she cited as evidence that a third runway at Heathrow would boost the UK economy was commissioned by the airport itself.

Experts and green groups also challenged Reeves's view that advances in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) had been a gamechanger" that would substantially limit the environmental damage of flying, saying the claims were overblown and did not stand up to scrutiny.