I today put forward a motion to the full council to ask that they allow residents of county durham to vote on the individual savings proposals being made by the council, on the councils website.

Sadly, instead of this we have a general questionnaire on the website which simply asks which departments do people want to see budget reductions in. Labour have once again failed to recognise that it is the people of County Durham who elect them, and they are unwilling to give you more say.

In the end I had to support a watered down proposal from Labour as to not do would have resulted in next to nothing.

i would urge all residents who can, to visit the Councils website and vote on the relatively vague issues the county has listed and make comments at the end of the questionnaire.

The link is: http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=7983

Simply click on the Your money. Your say link to fill in the survey.