Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Public Health, Inequalities & Community Safety

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/069

Contact: Paul Wilding, Programme Manager (Cost of Living),

Report by Executive Director of People (CA8)

This item is not subject to Call-in.  The Chair of the Council has agreed that in all the circumstances the decision should be treated as a matter of urgency. A decision will be urgent if any delay likely to be caused by the call in process would seriously prejudice the Council’s or the public’s interests. (Part 6.2 Overview & Scrutiny Committee Procedure Rules, paragraph 20(a)).

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

a)           Note the cost-of-living support measures delivered during 2023/24, as summarised in table 1;

b)           Agree to the support package for 2024/25, as summarised in table 3;

c)           Delegate authority to the Programme Director (Partnerships & Delivery) in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Public Health, Inequalities and Community Safety, to amend the programme during the year in response to changing and emerging need, within the overall programme budget.

Recommendations approved.