The Shadow Transport Secretary has described the Government's White Paper as a 'fudge'.
Responding to Mr Darling's announcement, Theresa May MP said that he needed to strike a "difficult balance" between competing needs.
"That is why the government's decisions need to give clarity and certainty for all involved," she added.
"But far from setting a clear way forward for air transport in the UK, today's announcement is a fudge from an incompetent government which will only deliver blight to millions of people living around airports across this country."
Published Tuesday December 16, 2003
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