Department for Transport

Labour’s shadow chancellor says “4,000 homes will go” to make way for Heathrow expansion.

The transport minister told Parliament that there was no special deal for the company building the third runway. But FactCheck has seen documents that throw his comments into a new light.

“On the day it announced the biggest infrastructure project for generations, the DfT released two different figures for how much it will cost, and is currently unable to offer an explanation why.”