The government is not doing enough to save Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Labour MPs say
The owners of Doncaster Sheffield Airport plan to wind up operations from the end of October
Labour MPs accused the government of not doing enough and said ministers had not met with South Yorkshire leaders.Stephanie Peacock, Labour MP for Barnsley East, told the Commons the airport was a valuable regional economic asset and "thousands of jobs" depended on it. "It is truly a slap in the face to the hundreds of people whose jobs currently hang in the balance," she said.Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher criticised South Yorkshire's Mayoral Combined Authority during the debate
"What we need is for Peel Group to sit down with the commercial people and that is what they have promised to do when they sat down with the aviation minister on October 19."