Cllr John Riddle: Cabinet member for Planning, Housing & Resilience

My portfolio covers many of the inward facing areas of council business, supporting the departments we interact with as Northumberland residents.

As a County we are blessed with wonderful scenery and fabulous coasts and countryside.
And  we, as a County Council, take our responsibilities very seriously and want to see the County remain  environmentally class - leading.

Passenger rail services are a significant priority for our council as we look to help get people off our roads and on to public transport. Railways help cut road congestion and in so doing pollution from cars which leads to poor air quality. 

Cllr Wayne Daley

On Wednesday I had the honour to present a paper to the North of Tyne Cabinet presenting my vision for every school in North of Tyne to be Good or Outstanding with the development of The Education Challenge.

Last week saw the country celebrating English Tourism week, arguably the most exciting week in the English tourism calendar. What a success it was for us here in Northumberland.

Do your children or grandchildren do their Daily Mile?

In May 2017, the Conservatives were trusted by the people of Northumberland to run England’s most northerly county and have achieved a great deal since then.

Our plan to shape the future of Northumberland will soon be ready to send to the Government after completing its latest stage.

Another £1m for Rural Broadband

In the first year of our administration we invested an extra £2.3m into the iNorthumberland contract with BT OpenReach to roll out SuperFast broadband to hard to reach areas across our county. These areas are largely in the rural West and North.