Ed Miliband lobbied for airport in his own backyard while threatening to revolt over Heathrow expansion

ED MIliband was lobbying the authorities to reopen an airdrome successful his constituency - portion campaigning against Heathrow's expansion.

Rachel Reeves announced backing for some airports successful her maturation code this week.

The Chancellor is facing questions implicit whether she backed Ed’s section airdrome to halt him quitting implicit Heathrow.

A elder Labour frontbencher said: “Ed is kicking disconnected astir Heathrow - but helium wants his ain airport.

“It’s interesting Rachel gave him Doncaster.  He is not complaining astir emissions there. Did that person him to stay?”

Mr Miliband has slammed plans to physique a 3rd runway astatine Britain’s biggest airdrome - informing it volition harm Net Zero goals.

He spoke retired against Heathrow Airport’s enlargement successful Cabinet earlier this week, arsenic did Foreign Office curate Anneliese Dodds.

But the Environment Secretary has been engaged lobbying chap ministers  to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport - which is successful his spot arsenic an MP.

It has been closed since 2022.

Writing connected his constituency website successful December, Mr Miliband said: “Our airdrome has unthinkable potential, bringing jobs and accidental to Doncaster and the wider South Yorkshire economy.

“We volition proceed to bash each we tin to guarantee we spot rider flights commence successful 2026.”

Meanwhile, the Government’s Net Zero Czar Emma Pinchbeck deleted her full X/Twitter relationship aft she utilized it to attack  Heathrow’s expansion. 

Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of autarkic assemblage the Climate Change Committee, wrote successful 2015: “Far from increasing our economy, it increases the load connected home manufacture to trim carbon.” 

She besides praised clime protesters who avoided jailhouse successful 2016.