Council leaders backed by Boris Johnson will this week launch a legal challenge against a third runway at Heathrow.

The 2M Group of 23 councils says the development will be "disastrous" for those living near the airport and under the flight path. Backed by Transport for London, seven west London boroughs will call for a judicial review of the Government's decision to allow the runway to go ahead.

The seven councils, Wandsworth; Hounslow; Hammersmith and Fulham; Hillingdon; Kensington and Chelsea; Richmond and Windsor and Maidenhead are expected to make an announcement on Wednesday.

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The decision to expand Heathrow will be opposed in every possible way, right up to the general election.

If it has been kicked into touch before then - fantastic.

If not, we know how to kill it completely. And it's not by re-electing Gordon Brown.