The Conservative leader of Northumberland County Council has refused calls from the leader of the opposition to apologise for remarks made by one of his cabinet members.
Coun Glen Sanderson also said he would not agree with an article printed in the Journal where the project manager of one of Northumberland's foodbanks warned families were going for days without food and criticised remarks made by cabinet member Jeff Watson.
Coun Sanderson was responding to a question from Labour leader Scott Dickinson, who called on the council boss to apologise for Coun Watson's remarks, made to Guardian journalist Owen Jones at the Conservative Party Conference last month.
