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This blog is my attempt to connect directly with the people of Essex. I hope that it will become a forum for discussion and debate around many of the issues and challenges facing our county. In a sense this is as much your blog as it is mine - so make the most of it and send me your thoughts and comments. In return, I hope to be able to get across a little of what I and the rest of my colleagues in County Hall do; how we are trying to make Essex a better place to live and work, how we are trying to improve the services we offer to you and how we are attempting to promote Essex, locally, nationally and internationally.

20071127 Tuesday November 27, 2007

Time to come clean over Stansted

You may have seen the announcement made last week by the government over its plans and support for a third runway at Heathrow. This, combined with the Transport Secretary’s comments that Britain needs a hub airport to compete with the likes of Schiphol and Frankfurt, is obviously the clearest indication yet that the government is preparing to ditch its long terms support for a second Stansted runway.

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Posted by Lord Hanningfield (27 Nov 2007) Permalink Comments [1]