In a climate-constrained world, could London airport expansion price other cities out of the market?

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Campaign for Better Transport analysis finds Heathrow expansion relies on higher carbon prices that could reduce demand in other parts of the country

Theresa May last week talked up plans to bolster the government's push to reduce the divide between the economies of London and other British cities, even if she is loath to deploy George Osborne's "northern...

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