CALLS for a local authority to pull its funding from the North-East Assembly have been overwhelmingly rejected by councillors.
Members of Durham County Council yesterday rejected the move by two Independent councillors to stop paying £84,800 to the assembly and the Association of North-East Councils.
The assembly was set up by the Government in 1999. It receives £850,000 in subscriptions from the North-East's 25 councils.
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