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The leader of the County Durham Labour Party has fended off competition to be re-elected for a third term.

Gordon Brown's report for the Labour party envisages a step change in central/local relations, but is unlikely to excite the public, writes LGC editor

The Local Government Association has agreed to give a “back seat” to directly lobbying for devolution after the government changed its policy priorities, with one senior Tory declaring the former devolution process "pretty well dead". The government’s scrapping of plans for a devolution white paper this year – and subsuming this work into a broader levelling up white paper – “suggests an opportunity to review the board’s work and how it might most effectively influence this new ag...

ONE of Prime Minister’s top aides Dominic Cummings left his jobs at Downing Street amid bitter in-fighting last year and has now made a damning…

ELECTED councillors in County Durham have voted for a cross party administration made up of several groups to run the authority.

Labour Councillor Katie Corrigan leaves after serving as chairman of Durham County Council. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT FOUNDATIONS of an unlikely new political structure have been laid after Labour’s once rock-solid support across County Durham crumbled. A seismic political earthquake, one almost impossible to overstate, has exposed fault lines in public opinion and Wednesday’s historic county council meeting cemented in place a new cross-party alliance. Rival leaders outmanoeuvred the...

BBC News Published image copyrightDurham County Council image captionAmanda Hopgood has represented the Framwellgate and Newton Hall ward on Durham County Council for 13 years A council has elected its first female leader in 132 years after a change of political control. Liberal Democrat Amanda Hopgood was elected leader of Durham County Council after an alliance of various groups was formed to take control from Labour in the wake of the local elections. Ms Hopgood was born in Durham City and h...

First Liberal Democrat and female Durham County Council leader expected to be elected Councillor Amanda Hopgood is due to be elected leader designate of the local authority Get the latest County Durham news and updates delivered straight to your inbox - sign up for free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPri...

A LEAKED email has revealed the new leader of Durham County Council will be a Liberal Democrat with a Tory as deputy leader if plans for a new joint…