Heathrow third runway: London councils to hold local referenda

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Heathrow third runway: London councils to hold local referenda

London mayor, Boris Johnson, backs poll plan and signals possible London-wide vote on the issueBoris Johnson has backed local referenda across the capital to give Londoners a say on the prospect of a third runway at Heathrow, and signalled he may conduct a London-wide poll on the issue in the future. The Conservative mayor made his comments after Tory-led Richmond upon Thames, one of the west London boroughs most severely affected by aircraft noise, announced it would hold a local referendum before 2013 on the issue to send a message to the government about the strength of feeling against any move to expand London’s largest airport.

published date:Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:57:57 GMT
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