Who love's Northumberland County Council not the District Councils in Tynedale,Castle Morpeth,Alnwick, Berwick,Blyth Valley and Wansbeck

Two tiers look set to win day
Nov 27 2006
By Hayley Beattie, The Journal

Councillors in Tynedale are set to add their backing to the creation of two unitary authorities in Northumberland in a shake-up of the current political system.

Tynedale Council is the last of the six district bodies to discuss the implications of the Government White Paper on local councils.

Councillors in Castle Morpeth, Alnwick, Berwick, Blyth Valley and Wansbeck have already come out in support of two unitary authorities which would split the county into rural and urban areas.
One would cover Blyth Valley and Wansbeck while the other would take in the rural districts, rather than the single "super council" favoured by Northumberland County Council's Labour leadership.

Tynedale councillors are expected to follow a recommendation to support the submission of a bid for a two-tier system at a special meeting of the council tomorrow night.

They are also expected to agree a contribution of £30,000, which each of the districts councils has agreed to give, to help pay for expert advice in preparing a joint submission to the Department for Communities and Local Government before the end of January.
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