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A £543million grant to the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) was announced as part of the replacement Network North scheme, funded directly by costs saved from the cancellation of HS2. Pictured: Supertram 2 - Credit: SCR

Mayor denies HS2 grant money has been diverted away from airport for trams

Doncaster Conservative MP Nick Fletcher

Tory MP blames 'champagne sipping socialists' in latest anti-immigration rant

Nick Fletcher

Doncaster MP calls for 15 homes damaged by Storm Babet to receive compensation

Transport Secretary Mark Harper during the Conservative Party annual conference at the Manchester Central convention complex. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Why is Mark Harper embracing theories like 15-minute cities? - David Behrens

20 mph zone

Doncaster Conservatives criticise introducing 20mph limits across borough

Nick Fletcher pedestrian cycle complaint

MP claims pedestrianisation is reason for city centre footfall decline

Nick Fletcher at Gateway East in Doncaster

Work to bring aviation giant Boeing to logistics park close to DSA

Hickleton, between Doncaster and Barnsley

MP calls for HGVs to be completely banned from Yorkshire village after fatality

Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty pictured outside Selby Abbey. Picture Tony Johnson.

First crack could appear in ‘Blue Wall’ as constituency boundary is reviewed

Conservative MP Nick Fletcher

Tory MP says taxpayers' money should not be spent on 'drag and glam camp'

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell at York Minster. PIC: Tony Johnson.

We would do well to honour our own history and traditions - Archbishop of York

Andrea Jenkyns, Conservative MP for Morley and Outwood

MP claims parents are home schooling to avoid 'inappropriate sex education’

Conservatives criticise lack of Doncaster Sheffield Airport mention in council budget

Conservatives criticise lack of Doncaster Sheffield Airport mention

Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher took to Twitter to raise suspicions over job listings on the SYMCA website which total around £400k in salaries.

Doncaster MP claims regional mayor’s job listings are “for the boys”

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: MP plans to reignite talks with government

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: MP plans to reignite talks with government

Doncaster and Sheffield Mayors respond to MP’s calls to give up devolved powers

Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

MP writes to new Transport Secretary calling for intervention on DSA

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Blame game takes place in Commons

Nick Fletcher MP

Nick Fletcher has a point, men's health needs to be addressed - Jayne Dowle

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

DSA latest: Peel 'are not budging' following meeting with officials

A meeting about the airport is due to take place today

Officials due to meet Peel to discuss Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Yorkshire MP Nick Fletcher has announced representatives from the Peel Group have agreed to meet to discuss the future of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Nick Fletcher MP discussed why he wants a Minister for Men position to be founded in Parliament, mirroring the role of Minister for Women.

Doncaster MP Nick Fletcher calls for a ‘Minister for Men’

Doncaster Sheffield Airport decision leaves Yorkshire levelling up grounded - Ja...

Prime Minister Liz Truss promised to protect Doncaster Sheffield Airport at her first PMQs. The question now is: what is a Liz Truss promise worth?

Prime Minister Liz Truss: you promised you would protect Doncaster Sheffield Air...

A TUI aircraft at Doncaster Sheffield Airport. PIC: James Hardisty.

Regional airlines essential if DSA is to prosper - David Davis & Nick Fletcher

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on September 7, 2022, for the House of Commons to take part in her first Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs). - Britain's newly appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss unveiled her new top team as she formally took over from Boris Johnson, with no place for white men in any of the three senior-most cabinet posts for the first time ever. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Liz Truss pledges to protect Doncaster Sheffield airport

Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

PM's promise to protect Doncaster Sheffield Airport is welcome - The YP says

Pix: Shaun Flannery/shaunflanneryphotography.com COPYRIGHT PICTURE>>SHAUN FLANNERY>01302-570814>>07778315553>> 2nd May 2019 Doncaster Sheffield Airport Terminal Building

Liz Truss calls for Doncaster airport to remain open

Doncaster Sheffield Airport's future is in doubt.

Why Doncaster Sheffield Airport is key to levelling up - The Yorkshire Post says

Planes at Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA).

Closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport is bad for Levelling Up - Nick Fletcher

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Doncaster Sheffield Airport owners say it 'cannot continue in its current form'

800 jobs are at risk after the owner of Doncaster Airport said it was launching a strategic review

Airport owners Peel Group fail to give assurances on jobs in 'difficult' meeting
The owners of Doncaster Airport failed to give assurances on jobs during a "difficult" meeting with political leaders from South Yorkshire on Wednesday.

Under threat: A strategic review is underway into the future of Doncaster Sheffield Airport

£20m loan to owner of Doncaster Airport stalled after request to see its books

Doncaster centre. Picture: Marie Caley.

Doncaster needs more new quality jobs and careers - Nick Fletcher MP

Nick Fletcher MP.

Don Valley MP's optimism not enough to level up - Yorkshire Post Letters

Doncaster. Picture: AdobeStock.

Time to showcase Doncaster's opportunities to young and old - Nick Fletcher MP

Nick Fletcher MP

MP 'deeply disappointed' letter about transgender children was made public

Doncaster. Pic: AdobeStock.

Pedestrianisation is throttling communities like Doncaster - Nick Fletcher MP

Thorne Leisure Centre is to get a £5m revamp

£5m bowling alley, gym and cafe to be built at leisure centre in Yorkshire

Doncaster rail station. Picture: Marie Caley.

Doncaster station's derelict cabin a symptom of bigger problems - YP Letters

Nick Fletcher MP. Picture: Gary Longbottom.

The case for a Minister for Men’s Health and Wellbeing - Nick Fletcher MP letter

Should there be a prostate cancer screening programme?

Prostate cancer: Time for national men’s health strategy – Nick Fletcher

Sajid Javid on a hospital visit in London earlier this month (PA)

UK cannot take Covid freedom 'for granted' and must 'stay on top' of pandemic

The importance of throwlines has been highlighted in a Parliamentary debate about water safety following the drowning of Mark Allen in a Manchester reservoir.

Mark Allen’s drowning; the tragic water safety lessons – Nick Fletcher

Jodie Whittaker attending the Doctor Who photocall held at the BFI Southbank, London

Anthony Clavane - Why we should celebrate the emergence of powerful female role ...

Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher

MP Nick Fletcher backs 'Lauren's Law' call after teenage chef's asthma death

Nick Fletcher, Conservative MP for Don Valley (Parliament)

Yorkshire MP appears to link crime in men to increase in female TV characters

Julia Amess (left) the widow of Conservative MP Sir David Amess, stands with friends and family members to view flowers and tributes left for her late husband at Belfairs Methodist Church. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire.

For democracy's sake, we must push back against toxic debate - Nick Fletcher MP

Conservative MP Nick Fletcher has appeared to post the same selfie of his visit to Thorne three times.

MP accused of faking constituency visits - after using same photo three times

Boris Johnson revealed details about the application process during Prime Minister's Questions.

Government scheme to build eight new hospitals attracts 120 bids, PM reveals

Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher.

Tory Red Wall MPs urge Rishi Sunak to deliver on levelling up promises in Budget

An ordering screen at a McDonald's restaurant in 2019

McDonald's ordering screens 'show how AI can decimate jobs', warns Tory MP

Concerns have been raised about the repair of Doncaster Royal Infirmary

New hospital 'absolute necessity' for town after second water leak in six months

How can pollution be reduced in Doncaster and the Don Valley?

Time to get polluting buses off our roads in Don Valley – Nick Fletcher

Headingley in Leeds would become its own constituency instead of being a part of Leeds North West under the new proposals

Yorkshire's political map redrawn under new proposed constituency boundaries

Nick Fletcher, Conservative MP for Don Valley. Pic: Gary Longbottom

'Follow Germany and make it easier for people to visit their loved ones abroad'

An electric charging cable connected to a Jaguar I-Pace electric car at a residential home. Byline: Andrew Matthews/PA.

How to power up an electric car revolution - Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher

Stock photo of an EV charging point. Photo: PA

Government could bring in 'vehicle revolution within the next five years' with e...

Nick Fletcher is the Conservative MP for Don Valley.

Tory MP’s levelling up comments insult Doncaster and South Yorkshire – Yorkshire...

Labour MPs including Rosie Winterton and Sarah Champion joined recently-elected 'blue wall' Tories such as Miriam Cates and Nick Fletcher (pictured) in writing to Chancellor Rishi Sunak urging him to choose South Yorkshire as one of ten new freeports – where normal tax and customs rules do not apply – across the county.

Labour and Tory MPs in South Yorkshire join forces to lobby for low tax freeport