Jan 23, 2025 | Durham delivers
Labour councillors have secured another victory as they battle to address the rising number of houses of multiple occupation (HMOs) across County Durham. Durham’s Shadow Cabinet Member for Housing, Cllr Kevin Shaw, last year called on new planning controls at the...
Oct 23, 2024 | Durham delivers
County Durham Labour lambasted the “appalling and shameful” child poverty records of LibDems and Tories, before claiming another Council Chamber victory. Labour overturned a Motion by the Tory/LibDem/Independent Coalition running the Council, critical of the...
Sep 26, 2024 | Durham delivers
Labour has labelled Durham County Council plans to write to the Government about the decision to cut back on Winter Fuel Payments as “performative” and “a sham”. A Labour Amendment, to a LibDem Motion, calling on the council to “immediately set up and fund a unit to...
Aug 5, 2024 | Durham delivers
Party backs proposals that allow families to “dream of home ownership” County Durham Labour has joined the national mission to get Britain building again, addressing a crippling housing shortage made worse by the Tory-led Coalition running the county council. The...
Jul 22, 2024 | Durham delivers
Labour councillors have secured a significant victory in their effort to halt the rapid rise in houses of multiple occupation (HMOs), across County Durham. Shadow Cabinet member for Housing, Cllr Kevin Shaw, recently called on Durham County Council to introduce...
Jul 17, 2024 | Durham delivers
Labour will today (Wednesday July 17) call on Durham County Council to establish positive working relationships with the new Government. In a motion tabled to Full Council, the group said that Labour’s “significant democratic mandate” following the General Election...