At a previous meeting of the Charter Trust which oversees the Mayorality of Durham, a Labour member backed up by some colleagues called for travel expenses for attending Charter Trust meetings. A report has been drafted for next weeks meeting of the Charter Trust asking for trustees to agree or disagree with  proposals to introduce expenses.

I am against this, I imagine most members of the public are against this and I will vote against it. There are only five or six meetings in any one year. It is an honour to represent the Charter Trust and the administration costs of processing all this will probably be as high as the claims.