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Pressure mounts on Tory Coalition to oppose detention centre plans
Labour is calling on Durham County Council to oppose plans to reopen a “toxic” former detention centre.
Dismay as West Auckland ignored in bypass budget funding
West Auckland has been hung out to dry by the Chancellor’s Budget plans, claim County Durham Labour.
West Auckland rallies against controversial “half a bypass”
A County Durham community is petitioning for a re-think of controversial proposals for “half a bypass” it fears will simply shunt traffic congestion from one village onto another.
Tory Coalition accused of “forcing through” crazy HQ plans – Labour
Durham Labour has slammed Tory Coalition plans for a THIRD County Hall as a waste of money that will cost the city thousands of new jobs.
Labour rage as Tory Coalition “levels down” County Durham
Labour members have accused County Durham’s Tory-led Coalition of “levelling down” communities, after the Council Cabinet voted through controversial school closure plans.
DLI Museum & Gallery decision delays panned
Labour councillors have questioned ongoing delays to the rehousing of a city museum and gallery.
Labour demands costs of “pointless” HQ review
Labour councillors have slammed a Tory-led Coalition review of the new council HQ as “pointless and a waste of taxpayers’ money”.
Coalition refuses to condemn Government UC snatch
County Durham’s new Tory Coalition Council yesterday rejected calls to condemn the Government’s decision to remove the Universal Credit uplift. Labour councillors were dismayed when the Tory-led Coalition, propped up by the Lib Dems and Durham Independents, rejected a...
Tory Coalition HQ plans a “waste of time, money and effort” – Labour
Durham Labour has blasted controversial new Tory Coalition plans that could see a THIRD County Hall built in the city.
Labour slams Government for shocking regional child poverty figures
The Government has been blamed for shocking new figures revealing the North East to be the child poverty capital of the UK.