Issue - meetings

To receive a report presenting progress against the actions identified from the Corporate Peer Challenge undertaken in May 2024, and a progress review in March 2025 (Appendix 1).

The Cabinet has

(1)  reviewed and commented on progress made in Quarter 3 of 2025/26, noting that all formal recommendations and suggestions have now been fully met and transitioned to business as usual, with ongoing oversight to ensure they are maintained. A summary is provided in the submitted report, with full details in Appendices one and two in the submitted report; and

(2)  confirmed the action for the Executive Leader and Chief Executive Officer to write to the LGA informing them of completion of the formal CPC action plan and to provide the necessary evidence to support this position

A report by the Business Performance and Transformation Manager was submitted (a copy of which is appended to the Minute Book) presenting progress against the actions identified from the Corporate Peer Challenge undertaken in May 2024 and a progress review in March 2025. With the formal recommendations and agreed actions being fully met and embedded, the report summarised ongoing oversight to ensure these remained upheld.

The Executive Leader, Councillor Conboy introduced the report, drawing particular attention to the eight formal recommendations which had all been fully met and transitioned into business as usual.

The Cabinet commented that the Council was in a much better place as a result of the Peer Challenge, and it was important to have the formal recommendations in place but also to think about the future. The Peer Challenge had made a significant difference to the Overview & Scrutiny Panels, who were more involved than ever before. Whereupon, it was

RESOLVED

that

(1)  the Cabinet has reviewed and commented on progress made in Quarter 3 of 2025/26, and that all formal recommendations and suggestions have now been fully met and transitioned to business as usual, with ongoing oversight to ensure they are maintained, be noted; and

(2)  the action for the Executive Leader and Chief Executive Officer to write to the LGA informing them of completion of the formal CPC action plan and to provide the necessary evidence to support this position be confirmed.