Mayor should resign while Reform attract most blame over airport loan crisis

Two separate opinion polls conducted by the Doncaster Free Press have seen readers calling for Mayor Ros Jones to resign over the airport loan crisis - while a narrow majority blame Reform UK as the political party most to blame for the issue.

The take-off over DSA has been thrown into turmoil after Reform UK announced an extraordinary meeting on May 11 to revisit a £57 million loan deal agreed to in November, saying fresh evidence had come to light and there was “no blank cheque” for the re-opening of DSA.

Labour has said that if the deal isn’t agreed to, the move would “kill” the airport re-opening.

The last few weeks have seen increasingly bitter exchanges between Mayor Ros Jones and the city’s Reform UK politicians.

The Free Press ran an opinion poll - asking if the Mayor should resign if the loan deal is cancelled.

From the 204 votes cast, 62.25% (127 votes) said she should go. 37.75% (77 votes) of those who voted said she should stay.

Meanwhile, in a separate poll, a narrow majority said Reform UK was most to blame for the crisis.

From 377 votes cast, 51.19% (193 votes) blamed Reform UK, with Labour narrowly behind on 47.21% (178 votes),

Three people each said the Conservatives and “other” parties were to blame.