County Durham feels cuts bite - in pictures

Consett has been the subject of various government and local authority social and employment schemes since its steel works closed in 1982 Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian A pensioner walks past a closed ballroom in Consett Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian Unemployed young people at the YMCA Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian David Richardson, an activity insructor at the YMCA, is about to lose his job Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian Consett's court house is also closed Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian Daniel Lee, 28, an unemployed road engineer, with two-week-old baby Jack, and son Joshua, two Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian Salvation Army captain Mark Sellers with food parcels for collection Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian The closed civic centre. A sports centre and school are proposed for the site Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian Abandoned machinery, left on the site of the old steel mill Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian An elderly woman eats at a cafe in Consett's high street Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian Photograph: Action images Elderly people at a tea dance at a local community centre Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian Consett Workmen's Club Photograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian