The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg says the committee - chaired by the Prime Minister and looking at the airport question - this morning backed expansion at Heathrow.

Downing Street hasn't confirmed or denied so far. 

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But Guardian business journalist Rob Davies doesn't think it's much of a u-turn if the PM changes her mind...

Theresa Villiers, the former transport minister and MP for Chipping Barnet, external, says Heathrow expansion would be a disaster.  

"I am opposed because it would have a huge negative environmental impact on millions of people, but also because it's undeliverable because of the political opposition, because of the legal problems around meeting air quality, and also there is much better alternative - and that's building a second runway at Gatwick."

Truck driver Graham points out on Radio 5 live that the M25 is always blocked - the M4 as well.

"It's absolutely packed out every day...  The answer is not to have another runway and add more chaos to the problem."

Stuart, a retired air traffic controller, says Gatwick is the best option "hands down". It is deliverable in half of the time, he thinks. 

He says it's very hard to use Heathrow efficiently because of all the local restrictions. 

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Jonathan Bartley, co-leader of the Green Party, is on Radio 5 live talking about airport expansion.

"This being driven by big business," he says.

Mr Bartley says 70% of flights are taken by just 15% of the population - half of the population don't fly.

"We need a frequent flyer levy," he says.

If the government goes ahead with the expansion today it will be the day the government gave up "any pretence" at meeting our climate change targets, he argues.

"Climate change is not going to be good for business, is not going to be good for our economy, it's going to really cause problems."

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Surinder Arora, runs a chain of hotels, with properties at the major airports.

"Heathrow is where all of the airlines want to fly from," he says.

The airlines are prepared to pay £35m to £40m for a pair of slots to fly from Heathrow, he points out.

Heathrow also has better accessibility than Gatwick, particularly motorways.

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The chairman of London First and Tesco has said it is critical for the government to "make a decision" on airport expansion. 

John Allan told the Today programme that from a UK perspective Heathrow was "much better positioned to serve businesses" but the most important thing was for ministers to "get on with it". 

Mr Allan said that post-Brexit, steps needed to be taken to make the UK an attractive global trading partner.  

Justine Greening, Education Secretary and Conservative MP for the west London constituency of Putney, Roehampton and Southfields has long been opposed to the expansion of Heathrow.

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Greenpeace reminds us this morning that it is readying a legal challenge against the expansion of Heathrow.

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Tesco chairman John Allan has said it's likely prices will go up if the pound stays at its current weak level. 

The supermarket chain temporarily pulled Marmite, PG Tips and other brands from supplier Unilever from its website in a dispute over rising costs linked to the weaker pound.

Mr Allan wouldn't be drawn on whether it won the stand-off with Unilever, but said it's scrutinising cost increases from any of its suppliers. 

At the moment the UK has almost no inflation. That's likely to push up to 2% or 3% and food prices will be part of that, Mr Allan told Today.

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The question of whether to expand Heathrow has vexed governments for decades.

It's crucial that the government now makes a decision, says John Allan, chairman of London First - a campaign group for London business -and chairman of Tesco.

It will have "symbolic importance", even though everyone understands it won't happen until the mid 2020s, he tells the Today programme.

Following the Brexit vote, steps need to be taken to make the UK an attractive trading partner and tourist destination, he says.

So should it be Gatwick or Heathrow?

From a London perspective, there's "not much to choose between them", but from a UK perspective Heathrow is "probably the right answer", Mr Allan says.

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If a new runway is built at Heathrow, Neil Keveren will be able to see the boundary fence from his kitchen window.

"I believed we would not have a third runway at Heathrow, because David Cameron was elected on a no ifs, no buts promise," he tells Radio 5 live.

"We should be able to believe our Prime Minister, shouldn't we?"

"I live in Harmondsworth. I have no interest in compensation. I'm part of the fabric."

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Intu, which owns shopping centres in the UK and Spain, says it expects to fill the BHS stores it had in its portfolio.

Of its ten BHS stores, Intu has let out one in Gateshead to Next and acquired the long leasehold of another in Manchester. 

The remaining stores are at "various stages of negotiations and we fully expect to re-let them through the rest of 2016 and in 2017", the company said, external.  

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A consultant for Gatwick has said people "keep batting for another runway at Heathrow" and keep coming up against a brick wall. 

Daniel Moylan, former aviation advisor to Boris Johnson, told the Today programme that Howard Davies' report was "deeply full of holes" and that big businesses wouldn't get what they wanted from an expansion.  

The FTSE 100 has opened with a decent gain, it's up 0.3% at 7,007. 

Anglo American is up more than 3% after publishing production figures, external for its third quarter.

Whitbread is down 2.7% after its trading update.

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Advocates of a new runway at Heathrow say it's the best option after the Brexit vote because it'll improve connections with non-EU countries and show Britain is "open for business".

But Daniel Moylan, Boris Johnson's former aviation advisor and now a consultant to Gatwick, doesn't agree.

He says it's "not the right Brexit solution" because it's so difficult to deliver.

He'd "be surprised if it's operating by 2030", even though Heathrow says the new runway could be open by 2027. 

There's planning permission, legal challenges, and up to a million people being affected by expansion at Heathrow, he says.

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Carpetright has warned, external that higher costs due to the fall in the pound will contribute to a decline in UK profits this year.

Tougher competition will also hit results, the flooring retailer said, although it's pleased with the progress of plans to refurbish 100 stores.

Still, its guidance for the full year is unchanged - with profits at about £18.5m - as it expects the refurbishment and better results in Europe to help offset problems elsewhere.

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Alison Brittain is the chief executive of Whitbread, which owns Costa Coffee.

She says the company pays for its coffee beans in dollars, so the fall in the pound means they will become more expensive next year when Costa's existing currency contracts end.

Will that mean the price of a cappuccino or latte going up? 

Some of Costa's competitors have signaled that it will, but "raising prices is not the first lever I'd want to pull," she says.