LONG distance councillor Stephen Gregory, who has claimed £4,500 in allowances for representing his Bishop Auckland ward while living in the Caribbean, resigned this afternoon.
The former butcher walked into Crook Civic Centre and handed receptionists a letter of resignation addressed to chief executive Iain Phillips.
A council meeting at 4pm would have been his last chance to turn up for the one meeting in six months he needed to keep his seat.
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