Heathrow decision delay will provoke fury but little surprise

That the government is still delaying at this point in the political cycle shows how toxic an issue the third runway isEven by the government’s standards of inaction on the airports debate, six months to simply blandly agree with the Airports Commission’s superseded shortlist from 2013 is quite a feat.Air quality remains a real issue, and government sources were keen to point out that there is still time to make a decision in six months and meet the 2030 deadline before runway capaci