2 FEBRUARY 2015
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The Airports Commission’s research on the effect of runway expansion on UK regions could be flawed, according to new analysis. Whilst it is mandated with taking a “UK-wide perspective,” new analysis has questioned whether it has properly investigated the potential economic effect on the country’s regions of the shortlisted runway options.
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The Oxera analysis says that: “A more relevant question for analysis which could have been asked by the Airports Commission and PwC is where the national losses and gains are accrued and how they are distributed.” Oxera concludes that Heathrow expansion would be more likely to exacerbate rather than mitigate regional imbalances, by drawing more business into the London area. www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/374660/AC05-forecasts.pdf
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