Labour Civil war over Heathrow expansion as Rachel Reeves warns ‘blockers’ in Government and wider party not to stop her from ‘getting stuff built’

Rachel Reeves told Labour ‘blockers’ not to stop her from getting ‘stuff built’ today as she desperately tries to get the economy going.

In what will be seen as a warning to environmentalist Cabinet colleagues like Ed Miliband the Chancellor signalled they would have to support the expansion of the UK’s largest airport or quit. 

Ms Reeves today lashed out at her own wider party, warning she will ‘not tolerate blocking for blocking’s sake’ from MPs or anyone else.

She is planning to water down environmental rules to avoid chokes on development and freeze the number of organisations which developers must consult by law.

The Chancellor is expected to back a new third runway at Heathrow in a speech on Wednesday. The expansion has previously been opposed by ministers including Mr Miliband, as well as London mayor Sadiq Khan.

This morning Ms Reeves told Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Philips: ‘We’ll make announcements about policies when we’re ready to do so, with full collective…