Two vocal critics of the North East's proposed devolution deal have slammed a consultation after only a tiny percentage of residents responded.
Northumberland county councillors Jeff Reid and Georgina Hill have been highly critical of the devolution deal as a whole in the past - and have now joined politicians in Newcastle in criticising the consultation with the public.
From a population of around two million people across the entire region, there were just 3,235 responses - with Coun Clare Penny-Evans, a Labour representative in Heaton, branding it "limited" and "disappointing".
