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Due to essential maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 6.00pm on Monday 2 October until 8.00am on Tuesday 3 October: our online council tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. You will also not be able to register to pay council tax online, make a change of address for council tax or cancel single person discount. You are still able to make a payment during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Are you aged between 11 and 17 years old and would like to get involved in our first Youth Council in the county?

Make Your Mark


Make Your Mark is the UK's biggest youth consultation.

Young people aged between 11 and 19 years old can vote on issues that are important to them and the top three issues nationally are debated in the House of Commons by the UK Youth Parliament

1,159 votes were cast by young people in County Durham in 2022 and the main priorities were:

  • health and wellbeing
  • environment
  • jobs, money, homes and opportunities

Our Youth Council will be discussing some of these priorities as will a wide range of young people at our events.