Leaders around Gatwick and Heathrow request ‘aviation communities fund’ to help local workers
‘Our communities around Britain’s airports are being devastated’
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A cross-party group of national and local politicians will this week lobby the government for emergency funds to tackle the impact of Covid-19 on workers whose livelihoods rely on airports.
The aviation industry has been identified as one of the business sectors hardest hit by the pandemic – costing the local economy of Hounslow, which neighbours Heathrow airport, a total of £1bn over three years, a study commissioned by the local council suggests.
