Plans to reopen disused British airport back on track after funding row resolved

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Plans to reopen a disused British airport are back on after a council funding row was resolved.

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Doncaster Sheffield Robin Hood Airport closed in 2022 after its operators, the Peel Group, decided it was no longer financially viable.

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Now, a council dispute between Reform UK and Labour councillors has been resolved at a meeting of the City of Doncaster Council on Monday.

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Councillors from Nigel Farage's party had previously threatened to withdraw a previously-agreed £57million loan.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Now, councillors from Reform, who make up the biggest bloc on the council, will back the plans, however they denied it was a "u-turn."The funding will be invested into key airport upgrades, reopening preparations, jobs as well as future.Deputy leader of Reform UK Doncaster Jason Charity told the BBC: "If we had started with the amendment, it would probably be watered down to a set of safeguards that probably wouldn't have done much."Of course Labour will call it a u-turn, what...

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