11.   Yesterday he was leader of the Labour group on Wiltshire County Council.

12.   The ban has been pushed through by the Labour group which regained control of the county council in May.

13.   But Coun Bill Dixon, deputy leader of the controlling Labour group on the council, said budget cuts had forced the authority into ordering the rises.

14.   But some members of the ruling Labour group voted against the cuts and one left the meeting after protesting.

15.   Dissenting Labour councillor Eddie Dryden refused to support the spending cuts and hit out at the way the proposals were presented to the Labour group prior to the meeting.

16.   But Darlington Tory councillor Peter Jones has hit out at the Labour group, which he said was alerted of problems seven years ago.

17.   John Cresswell said the Labour group had chosen to pay for repairs on homes in Cockerton when the funding should have been more widely distributed.

18.   Members of the ruling Labour group have blamed the Government for the circumstances which led to the closure plan.

19.   The council leader, Coun.

20.   John Williams, said he had yet to decide what the Labour group policy would be.