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Former Conservative minister David Willetts has said it is "taking a hell of a long time" for a decision to be made on airport expansion, and said "we've got to get on with it".

He was speaking as ministers prepared to meet on Thursday to decide on the future expansion of Heathrow airport, in west London.

Asked why David Cameron made his "no third Heathrow runway" pledge in 2009, Mr Willetts told the Daily Politics: "I don't know what was going through his mind," but added that there was "a lot of pressure" from west Londoners at the time.

Mr Willetts' preference is for another runway to be built at Heathrow.