UK Transport Minister Will Likely Resign If Heathrow Airport Expansion Plan Goes Through - Guardian
(Reuters) - Britain's transport minister said on Tuesday she would probably resign if the government gave in to pressure to expand London's Heathrow airport.
Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron's government has ruled out building a third runway at Heathrow before the next election, in part to appease the junior coalition partner, the Liberal Democrats, but the issue has returned to the agenda with the economy still stuck in recession.
Government insiders say Cameron and finance minister George Osborne have an open mind on expanding Heathrow but that they were unlikely to reverse their policy before the election, due in 2015.
Transport Secretary Justine Greening was asked by BBC radio to respond to comments by a fellow Conservative, goading Cameron to approve the new runway and show if he was a "man or a mouse". Asked if she would remain in the cabinet if the government decided to back the airport expansion, she said: "I think it would be very difficult for me to do that."
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