Britain to make long-delayed decision on airport expansion next week

By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will make a long-awaited decision next week on where to allow airport expansion near London, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said on Tuesday, with ministers who oppose it given the rare opportunity to publicly voice their dissent. May's cabinet discussed the options for more than an hour on Tuesday, her spokeswoman said, but the decision will be made by a smaller group of ministers. "There was a strong consensus about the importance of this decision for the country, the need to get on and make a decision ... and what it would mean for the UK economy and the nation that we want to be as we leave the European Union." The sub-committee, chaired by May, does not include key opponents of Heathrow expansion such as Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Education Secretary Justine Greening.