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County Durham Labour has called on the Tory-led Coalition running the County Council to scrap plans to turn the former DLI Museum into a restaurant, labelling the move “an affront to the memory of fallen service men and women”.

Labour called out the repeated failures and shameful wastes of taxpayers’ money of the Tory-led Coalition running Durham County Council, as it finalised a controversial budget.

County Durham Labour Group Leader, Cllr Carl Marshall, who, alongside Labour’s North East mayoral candidate Kim McGuinness, led calls for extra funding after County Durham was omitted from the region’s initial City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, welcomed news that the county will finally receive extra transport investment.

Labour has reacted angrily to the introduction of parking charges that threaten one of County Durham’s most celebrated regeneration successes stories.

Residents and businesses in Ferryhill will soon be able to cash in on improved banking services, thanks to the addition of a new hub in the town.

Durham County Council has supported Labour’s demand for a judicial review into the government “moving the goal posts” for its Levelling Up funding.

Labour councillors have claimed “a small victory for residents”, after forcing the Coalition to reconsider re-introducing parking charges in county towns.

Dawdon Youth and Community Centre has been renamed to honour the memory of Cllr Leanne Kennedy, who sadly passed away in September.