Councillor mark Wilkes has put a motion to the ful council of the county council calling for government to scrap the Barnett formula and replace it with a more equitable funding process.

The formula currently provides residents in Scotland with hundreds of pounds more investment than those in the North East.

Mark commented “The barnett Formula is wrong and it can’t be justified by any rational human being.”

Labour and Conservative councillors voted down the motion, despite it having the potential to bring in much needed funding to the North East.

Mark commented afterwards “It is clear that Labour with Tory conivance in County Durham are just not interested in getting the fiar share that County Durham residents deserve.