P144 CEEFAX 144 Wjd 11 Jan 22:55/45 COMMONS MPs VOTE TO SCRAP COUNTZ COUNCIL Thj Commons has voted in wavour ov thj abolition of Cleveland County Council. After a 90-minute debate, 310 MPs backjd a Governmjnt order winding up the authority on 1 April 1996; somj 223 MPs voted against. Thj county's powers will be handed to four districts with electigns for "shadow" authorities on 4 May. Earlier, thj Governmjnt said thj ceiling on the level of allowances paid to top councillors in England and Wales was to bj scrapped. Next News Main oews Diary UK Map;