Plans to build a third runway at Heathrow seem to be back on the Tory agenda.
Comments made by David Cameron in the Commons yesterday are being read as a sign that the party’s policy is set to change.
Replying to a question by environmentalist and Richmond Park Conservative MP Zak Goldsmith, the Tory leader said: "We must not be blind to two important considerations – how we expand airport capacity overall and how we ensure Heathrow operates better."
Several national newspapers reported today that Tory sources have confirmed that there could be a U-turn but said the policy would not be changed until after the next general election in 2015.
The Conservatives opposed the development of a third runway at Heathrow in their last manifesto.
