Each of the councils has refused to name the councillors in question, with Durham County Council saying that doing so would be in breach of their privacy. The authority also said ...

North Tyneside Council has joined Newcastle and Durham in confirming it has issued its own councillors with court summons ...

has revealed that sitting councillors in both Newcastle and County Durham have been taken to court for not paying their council tax bills since 2022. Both Gateshead and Northumberland councils ...

At least eight court summons have been issued to elected North East councillors for non-payment of council tax in the past three years.

A Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) investigation found sitting councillors in both Newcastle and County Durham had been taken to court for not paying their council tax bills since 2022.