THE leader of Durham County Council has survived a vote of no confidence.
At a meeting of the authority's Labour Group, held at County Hall this morning, Coun Albert Nugent comfortably defeated a motion of no confidence proposed by rebel colleagues.
Although the meeting was held in private, sources suggest that Coun Nugent survived the vote by 28 votes 19.
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