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    <description>Rail union bosses are meeting Geoff Hoon, the transport secretary, today in an escalating dispute over job losses, service cuts and fare rises</description>
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    <description>Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon defended people's right to fly after the Government backed a third runway at Heathrow</description>
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    <description>The battle over Heathrow has intensified after a new study cast doubt on the Government’s case for a third runway</description>
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    <description>Cutbacks in rail maintenance could lead to another Hatfield, Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon was told</description>
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    <description>Londoners are bitterly split over plans for a third runway at Heathrow, with many believing it will be good for the economy but bad for the planet</description>
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    <description>Heathrow will become the biggest as well as the busiest airport in the world under plans unveiled by Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon</description>
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    <description>The real battle for the future of Heathrow starts today, as the Transport Secretary announces his approval for a third runway - as this paper predicted last Friday</description>
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    <description>Rebel Labour MPs are defying Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon by plotting to force a Commons vote on a third runway at Heathrow</description>
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    <description>The pressure on the banks to pass on yesterday’s interest rate cut to borrowers shows no signs of diminishing</description>
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    <description>The Government's push to expand Heathrow was weakened after Labour backbenchers hijacked a Commons debate and staged a protest</description>
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    <description>Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has vowed to "make progress" on expanding Britain's airports</description>
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    <description>It is hard, just now, to discern anything like a joined-up transport policy in the Government's approach to rail, road and air, still less a transport policy that squares with what it is also saying about the environment</description>
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    <description>Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has delighted business but angered green groups by allowing Stansted airport an extra 10 million passengers a year</description>
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    <description>Gordon Brown's hopes of a wideranging Cabinet reshuffle were dealt a fresh blow today after his Chief Whip Geoff Hoon made clear he did not want to be moved</description>
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    <description>Gordon Brown is preparing for a showdown with rebel Labour MPs on the day the Commons returns from its summer break</description>
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