We are pleased to announce that Durham County Council have joined SSIP as a Supporter Member.

Durham County Council, is a Unitary local authority, created in April 2009 and is the largest of the twelve local authorities in the North East. The council is made up of an elected assembly of 126 councillors accountable to nearly 530,100 people in County Durham. We are responsible for providing a wide range of public services to the people of the county. The council’s high-level priorities are set out in our Council Plan, which supports the County Durham Vision 2035, developed with partners and residents, the vision sets out the shared long-term ambitions for the county. It is structured around three externally focused results-based ambitions of ‘more and better jobs’, ‘long and independent lives’ and ‘connected communities’ The Council is now driving forward measures to unlock growth in our economy, and this will necessitate a rethinking of how to develop a more sustainable local economy in the future, and to maximise the value of the County Durham Pound by local spending.