A FORMER district councillor has blasted Cumbria County Council for being too Carlisle-focused.
Joss Curwen, who represented Broughton on South Lakeland District Council for nearly three decades, said projects in the south of the county are often over-looked in favour of those in the north.
However, Cllr Stewart Young, the leader of CCC, dismissed the claim and said his position was dependent upon support from councillors across Cumbria - support that, he says, is dictated by policies not being too focused on any one area.
"Anything they want at Carlisle, they seem to get, and it’s not good enough for people down in the south of the county," said Mr Curwen, who represented the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, and also sat as an independent.