This morning (13 October), the Secretary of State for Transport Anne Marie Trevelyan has refused to meet with local leaders and MPs with a view of saving Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Speaking at Transport questions she was asked by Louise Haigh MP Shadow Transport Secretary if she would urgently meet with the Mayor of South Yorkshire and regional MPs to consider using her powers, under the Civil Contingencies Act 2008 in order to keep this strategic asset running.

Anne Marie Trevelyan refused despite the PM repeatedly promising to save the airport.

 Louise Haigh MP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, said:

“The Prime Minster promised in her first PMQs that she would do all she could to protect DSA from closure and here we are, less than a month from closure and the Prime Minster and the Secretary of State for Transport refusing to lift a finger.

“Losing the airport will not just be a huge blow for the region and wider North of England but will be devastating for the more than 2,900 people who work there.

“I have joined GMB colleagues and workers at Doncaster Sheffield Airport to hand in a 100,000 petition to the Department for Transport calling for the site to be saved. Our fight continues and I’m again urging the government to do the right thing, use the powers they have and save the airport and jobs.

“It is extraordinary that the Secretary of State refuses to even meet to discuss what more can be done.”