Hello and welcome to Coffeehouse Shots, The Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup.

As part of her upcoming speech on economic growth, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce approval for a third runway at Heathrow.

Reeves refused to confirm this in her interviews this morning, but there were heavy hints.

Last time I checked, to go further and faster around the world, do you need to get on a plane?

So why are you going to go further and faster and approve another runway at London's Heathrow this week?

I'm not going to comment on speculation on that.

It's not speculation. It's our viewer is asking the Chancellor, who knows exactly what you're going to do, what you are going to do. It's not speculation. So let me put it this way. Would you correct me if we said here on the BBC news, Rachel Reeves is likely to announce Heathrow expanding

this week. Well, you'll see the plans when we set them out. But already this government has

signed off expansion at London City Airport and Stanssted Airport. Both of those decisions,

again were decisions that the previous government had stalled.

We're getting on and delivering.

That will be good for investment and trade in our country and also good for families wanting to go on cheapest holidays as well.

So we're getting on and delivering, whether it's on transport, energy, data or housing.

Okay, I think that was a pretty big wink to it. And what bit of this do you

disagree with? Your colleague, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, said some time ago that the

decision to allow Heathrow will have a damaging impact on air quality, noise and London's ability to

achieve net zero. What bit of that don't you agree with? A lot has changed in terms of aviation.

A sustainable aviation fuel is changing carbon emissions from flying.

There's a huge investment going on on electric planes.

And also a third runway will mean that instead of circling London, flights can land at Heathrow.

So a lot has changed in aviation, and sustainable aviation and economic growth go hand in hand.

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