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County Durham Labour has welcomed over £2m in Government funding to help keep people warm.

A building that provides the heartbeat of a County Durham village is now fully owned by the community it serves.

New analysis from County Durham Labour reveals knife crime has soared by a staggering 10% in the county since the first year the Conservatives gained power.

County Durham Labour hit out at Reform councillors as they helped vote through the maximum possible Council Tax rise.

Labour councillors have secured another victory as they battle to address the rising number of houses of multiple occupation (HMOs) across County Durham.

County Durham Labour lambasted the “appalling and shameful” child poverty records of LibDems and Tories, before claiming another Council Chamber victory.

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”.

Party backs proposals that allow families to “dream of home ownership”

Labour councillors have secured a significant victory in their effort to halt the rapid rise in houses of multiple occupation (HMOs), across County Durham.

Labour will today (Wednesday July 17) call on Durham County Council to establish positive working relationships with the new Government.

Labour councillors are working to halt the rapid rise in houses of multiple occupation (HMOs), across County Durham.

Labour’s resurgence has continued with a raft of new MPs in County Durham.

A pioneering Labour project to preserve and showcase the rich history of the Durham Light Infantry and create a modern leading-edge heritage experience opens today (Friday, June 14).

Spennymoor councillor, Ian Geldard, has announced he is to return to the Labour party.

North Durham MP Kevan Jones will not stand at the upcoming general election.

County Durham Labour has welcomed the election of the first North East Mayor, after Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Kim McGuinness, claimed victory at the polls.

County Durham Labour has called on the Tory-led Coalition running the County Council to scrap plans to turn the former DLI Museum into a restaurant, labelling the move “an affront to the memory of fallen service men and women”.

Labour called out the repeated failures and shameful wastes of taxpayers’ money of the Tory-led Coalition running Durham County Council, as it finalised a controversial budget.

County Durham Labour Group Leader, Cllr Carl Marshall, who, alongside Labour’s North East mayoral candidate Kim McGuinness, led calls for extra funding after County Durham was omitted from the region’s initial City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, welcomed news that the county will finally receive extra transport investment.

Labour has reacted angrily to the introduction of parking charges that threaten one of County Durham’s most celebrated regeneration successes stories.