A Conservative councillor has escaped without any further action against him after being suspended over a "gutter politics" online attack.
Liam Bones was suspended by North Tyneside Council’s Conservative group last month after labelling Jim Allan the borough’s “laziest Labour councillor” as he was forced to vacate his seat due to illness. Mr Allan, the former deputy mayor, had to give up his Camperdown ward berth having been absent from council meetings for more than six months, but a website run by Coun Bones claimed that the 71-year-old “didn't think it was necessary to attend the meetings he was being paid to go to”.
But it has now been confirmed that the Preston ward representative has been reinstated by the Tory group following an investigation into his conduct. Opposition party leader George Westwater said: “I can confirm that the temporary suspension of Coun Bones has now ended, and no further disciplinary action is to be taken.”
