Find out about changes to our services and Christmas opening times on our Festive information page. To find out when your bin will be collected over the festive period, visit Changes to County Durham bin collections at Christmas.

Due to maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 11.45am on Tuesday 24 December until 8.00am on Thursday 2 January: our online Council Tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Cabinet and the Leader of the Council

Information about our Cabinet and Leader of the Council.

Our Cabinet is made up of the Leader of the Council and nine other councillors, each with their own portfolio. Cabinet discusses and makes decisions about our policies and strategies, as well as countywide decisions and issues, which affect more than one of our services. It meets in communities across the county to hold its decision-making closer to local people.

Contacting the Leader

If you want to contact the Leader of the Council, you can find more information at Leader of the Council, or send queries to:

Leader's Office
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UL

Offsite links

Cabinet