Chair of Northumberland Labour Scott Dickinson, has the accused the council’s Conservative administr

Coun Scott Dickinson, chairman of Northumberland Labour, has the accused the council’s Conservative administration of ‘playing Scrooge’. 

He said: “What they fail to recognise is many event organisers already pay for much work together in partnership and the county council, small businesses and many other aspects of Northumberland life benefit from these events. 

“Does the recharge of these small items make that much difference to the council? Absolutely not. Do they make a big difference to all those that fund-raise for these types of event? Absolutely they do. Will it push some small events over to ‘we just won’t bother’? Probably.”

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