Decision day for Gatwick expansion - Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has a deadline of the end of the day to decide whether to approve a development consent order application.

Britain will decide on Thursday whether to allow Gatwick Airport to expand, a move that could add millions of extra passengers at the country's no.2 hub and help boost economic growth. With the government keen to greenlight infrastructure projects to revive a sluggish economy,

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has a deadline of Thursday to announce whether she has decided to approve Gatwick’s plan for a new runway.

How would Gatwick Airport look after expansion? Around 10-15 flights could take off per hour during peak periods if the northern runway is made permanent. Part of the £2,200,000,

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has a deadline of Thursday for her decision on whether to approve Gatwick's plan to bring its emergency runway into routine use.