It’s also why we have put record funding of £1.6bn into local councils for repair work on the nation’s roads - with an increase of £1.5m for Swindon Borough Council.

If the airport wins permission for its controversial expansion plan, construction would start almost immediately.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has a deadline of the end of the day to decide whether to approve a development consent order application.

Britain will decide on Thursday whether to allow Gatwick Airport to expand, a move that could add millions of extra ...

The transport secretary has said she is "not a flight-shaming eco warrior" ahead of her decision over whether Gatwick airport ...

On Thursday Gatwick will hear from her Cabinet colleague Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander whether London’s second airport can press ahead with its own ambitious expansion plans. But there is ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is set to approve plans to bring Gatwick's emergency runway into routine use, ahead of ...

Heidi Alexander says ‘sometimes the unions are wrong’ and that she ‘won’t blink’ during talks over ending industrial action The Transport Secretary has vowed to take on rail unions as ...

Gatwick's planned new runway appears set for green light as transport secretary says she 'believes in airport expansion' - ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander tells aviation leaders she must strike a balance between fostering growth and protecting ...

The transport secretary has shown support for airport expansion ahead of the decision on Gatwick’s second runway.