Cabinet - Thursday 7 November 2024 9.00 am
November 7, 2024 View on council website Watch video of meetingTranscript
andy'n chifel. Cymker am eu cy codeddu'r olur ddiddordeb. Mae'n drosoddsodfer xweliad sy'n eu talg. Mae'n rhedeg iawn i fod yn deall dros ystod y cyfres cadw. Mae'n f би athleticiaeth y disgwyl iawn yn feddar. Mae'n daith ymlaenennu y gallaf friedda i bobl fwyaf, ac mae'r hap foil a jiogleddol category, a Felly i'r brwyd r comicr. Mae'r telfer gan gorau yma. y – mewn ysgol. Roeddom yn ymمكن i ddiddordeb honno ym mhob yn y adrodd. Mae'r bordsod ynamat Zen gofio. Mae'n dry lover o'r cysylltyd, oddi dros ychaol, ac ymораig gwnaiff da i Felly. mae Cymru'n ymchwilydd Cymru'n dda i leganu, mae mae'n rhannog? Mae'n bod yn chwarae chweer sylw G Pas yr wir sydd i'w tswbl valuable yn ymchwil. Ond mae hynny'nsound yn peth. Rwy'n meddwl y byddwn i'n cymryd ymddygiad mwyaf yn ein cymunedau dros Telford and Reeking. Mae hynny wedi'i gweld yn ymddygiad mwyaf o £100 i 6,000 o bensiynau ymddygiadol dros Telford and Reeking, ac wedi'i gweld ymddygiad mwyaf o bensiynau ymddygiad yng Nghymru. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'n bwysig y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i meddwl am ein cyngor, a'i gwybod y byddai'n ymwneud â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'n bwysig y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'n bwysig y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. 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Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. Rwy'n meddwl y byddai'r bobl yn edrych a'i gwybod â ni. beth am ddweud at fem yn wirdandiczu, rwyf wedi'i golli â'r er trabajo, granoliwch cymdeithasol ymynoddiol mewn cymdeithasol, follow adr, ymdrech, a hefyd yn hollol i mi ddweud rhai a gydwch chi wedi dweud. Oherwydd, fel y byddwch chi'n gwybod, y plen yw'n gysylltu â'n document iddyn ni ac mae'n helpu i ni ddarparu i'n ddwylo i'n ddwylo. Ac os ydych yn ymwneud â'r plen, mae'n ddwylo iawn fod y plen hwn yn cael ymdrech, ymdrech a'i gwybod i'n gwybod. Mae'r ffyrdd 5 o ffyrdd ymdrech yn helpu i ni ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarparu i'n ddarpar i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu i ddarparu. a'i hynny'n ei wneud yn ymwneud â'r gweithreduau hynny a'i sicrhau bod ni'n gallu gweithio'r hynny. Ac wrth gwrs, mae'r document hefyd, mewn ffordd i chi, yn gwneud yr adrodd. Mae'n mynd yn ôl, mae'n ei fod yn ei ffwrdd ymddiriedig o ddaliad, mae'n ei ffwrdd y mae'r Cymru'n ei wneud i'n mynd i'n ymddygiadau a'r bydau pobl. Felly rwy'n bryd i'n supportio'r document, i'n supportio'r adrodd, ac rwy'n bwysig i gyrraedd fy nghymdeithiol gyda'r cyllideb fy nghymdeithiol i wneud Arbara'r ffwrdd y gallai. Diolch. Diolch, Cymru'r Hely. Cymru'r Nelson. Diolch, Llyr, a diolch am y cyfle i ddweud fel y byddaf. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch, Llyr. Diolch. Rwy'n meddwl bod 100,000 a 191,000 yw'r ffigur gwych. Rwy'n dechrau'n bwysig â'ch ymddygiad am ymddygiadau personol. Ac yn ymddygiad lleol, byddai'n bwysig am ymddygiad ar ddiddordeb, nid? Mae'n ymddygiad nid yw hynny, ond byddai'n dod yn ddwy gwrs. Mae ymddygiad ymddygiad, mae gennym myfyrwyr o bobl yma yng Nghymru, mae barterfeydd y du sydd o dan neges er tro b Bangledaleiol yn joeddiol. Yw i mewn i fynd ymlaen. Mae'n ymarferol. Anthink gentlemen? o iechyd at y gadael addysg. Yn term dych chi 14 gaubs wedi'i ffeindio offurwyr Larcaidd Senedd realityll gyda trys y dirtiau ymddygiol a thysd a ymddwgetheaol, o Llywodraeth Elnau, agor Chyfrwyd 멍goldeu a sauce dum integrate sindal. enw a llin lan ar season dibryd deunyddau dda谢. Mae'r hins i i'm현 imio sefydli recommendations gyfrifol ar gyfer reacheddf newydd 2025, 2026 gan argos y edrych chi'n horsegol yn y lay grateddf ym m responsabil o'r cyngor, yn synt Navy helau diwylliannol o'r sefydli stink. Ver dedicate sy'n goيا blood ymlaen shefyd ymmaer o ran y cyfrifiad ac hi aboutu . Mae'r hyl yma sy'n cael ei bwysig i chibarodbarwsingingmış eu votreiniol 18, a cyffredin hyfforddiadul hwnnw o ynt sweetheart a gwy Rein. yn 2025 a 2026, yng Nghymru, yng nghen i ffyniad newydd o £1.3 miliwn o ffyniad newydd newydd o sylw yn £600 miliwn i ffyniad newydd newydd i gysylltiadau cymdeithasol. Mae'r ddiddordeb yn cwybod yn y sefyllfa cymdeithasol Llywodraeth yng Nghymru, sy'n cael ei ddynnu yn ddecembl. Mae'r budd ymlaen yn gwneud y byddydd yn cymryd i'r gweithredu i'r sefydliad ar gyfer cyfnod cymdeithasol. Mae'r ddiddordeb yn cymryd i'r ffyniad newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newyd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newлишком newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd newydd er mwyn gweithio i wneud ysgolion rhan oedd yn gweithio i gysylltio mewn gwasanaethau ddiwylliannol, yn ymddangos bod y Cynulliad yn y peth a gall ei bod yn ymddangos i gyrraedd lleol. 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Felly, tri pethau. What is the cost effect of this new government's tax increase, both rate and threshold, of national insurance on employers? Net revenue budget is mentioned in the report. The second is, I don't expect an answer now, but at some point will be useful counts. The Council of Overtown has just outlined some of the, and let us call them challenges of the last 14 years, which weren't all of any particular governance making, inflation caused by the, and cost of living pressures caused by the war in Ukraine, for instance, the pandemic, for instance. Others, one can attribute responsibility, it's not to be debated now. But the Council is referring to 14 years in terms of its budget savings. And at what point does it reset? Because 14 years ago, it's becoming ancient history to many of the residents of the borough. So we're looking forward to a point where the Council starts to look forward rather than looking backwards. And thirdly, in terms of capital slippage, we know the swimming pool has slipped back. Will it ever be made? And lawly remains to be seen. And Councillor Carter, you mentioned in terms of development in the borough the need for affordable dwelling, the need for young people, many, who are living with their parents who want a dwelling of their own. And this council, right, wrong or indifferent, is proud and declares its pride. Council Overtown has a new place. So I note that the housing capital budget has been deferred almost four years, which presumably means half of it, at least 20 million, deferred almost four years, which presumably implies there are a lot of young people who aren't going to get a new place house, who were otherwise going to get one. Thank you. I think we've got any other comments, Tim. I'll deal with some of your comments. I don't think Councillor Hannington told us anything in her verbal update. Actually, it wasn't in the report. It's set out quite clearly there that the budget have said that they'll do a multi-year funding agreement. That's within the report. That's our ambition to do it. It's actually fantastic that they want to do that, and it's really, really positive that the new government are talking about local government in a sensible way for a change, rather than seeing us as the whipping boy, whether that be taking millions of pounds off us in terms of funding, or generally talking in very derogatory terms about public servants who come to work every day with their sole ambition to do their very best for the public that they're there to serve. In terms of new place housing, there's an absolute commitment, and I'm pleased actually that the Conservatives have come to the party in terms of new place. Over the years, there was a point at time, and I know you've mentioned you don't want us to go back in history, but some of these things are very difficult to forget. There was a point in time where the Conservatives wanted us to sell off new place. Our administration has got an absolute commitment to continue to do all we can in terms of new place. I can assure you we'll be bringing forward plans very shortly in terms of how we can expand new place, but also Telford and Reeking homes, and by the way, support a budget that provides for both. That's what we'll be doing in March. In terms of some of the other comments that you made about 14 years ago being ancient history, I can tell you that there are thousands of residents in this borough who can't just write it off as ancient history, I'm afraid. They're living every day with the effects of 14 years of a Conservative government in lots of different ways, and if you think we can write 14 years of cuts to this authority, which have taken £150 million away from this authority and our ability to support the most vulnerable people in our community, within 120 days of a new government, I'm afraid you're sadly mistaken. In terms of national insurance impact on us, the answer to your question, and the question that I believe will be put to full council on next Tuesday, is zero. I know you like paying attention to the detail, so anyone who had paid attention to the detail of the budget, yes, there is an employer's national insurance increase planned and proposed, but the impact on this authority will be zero because the government have said that they will cover that. So hopefully that answers your question and might save us a bit of time on Tuesday as well. I don't think we've got any further comments, so it's been moved and seconded. All those in favour? Thank you. Item seven is the all-age carers strategy, and we've got, I think, Councillor Watlin is going to lead this, and Councillor Middleton will chip in as well. Thank you, leader. The 24 to 29 all-age carers strategy is designed to support carers of all ages in our community, recognising their unique challenges and contributions. In Telford and Reeking, we know that one in ten residents, around 18,026 people, provide unpaid care. It's important that their work is recognised and that they feel valued. The role of carers continues to be vital to the whole social care system, providing significant support to the people they care for. Without the support of our carers, this would put a huge financial cost on our health and social care system. Data suggests unpaid carers in England and Wales contribute a staggering £445 million to the economy every day. Our vision continues to be that carers are recognised, valued and valued by the wider community and statutory agencies for the significant support and care they provide to vulnerable adults, children and young people. It is recognised that carers offer a lot of their time and energy to provide the support that they do not cost, at no cost to the council, demonstrating cost avoidance through the provision of their support. As cited within the all-age carers strategy, the council is aware that 45% say that they provide unpaid care for 19 hours, 22% 20-49 hours per week and 33% over 50 hours per week. The all-age carers strategy previously came to Cabinet in March this year. It was agreed that the finalised strategy following the consultation would be presented to Cabinet for approval. Following Cabinet in March, we consulted on the draft strategy between April and July, working closely with children's commissioning colleagues to ensure that the strategy highlighted a focus on young carers. The consultation included over 50 face-to-face engagement sessions across the borough within the community, including young carer engagement sessions supported by Telford and Regan CVS and the Carers Centre. An online questionnaire was available for those not attending the face-to-face sessions, and a summary, easy-read version of the strategy was also made available. Generally, the feedback was positive on the strategy. Being a carer is topical. Perception is, it's my wife or husband or friend, I'm not a carer. Speaking with people on a one-to-one basis showed the need to improve the awareness around carers. Some small amendments were made to the draft strategy in line with the feedback. So, our next steps are that the council is in the process of formally launching the Carers Partnership Board, which will replace the existing carers network. The Carers Partnership Board will oversee the implementation and delivery of the carers strategy, agreeing the action plan once the board is established. The board will report into the Making It Real Board and Telford and Regan Integrated Place Partnership where required. So, the key areas of focus. From the information gathered in the engagement, four key areas were identified as key areas of focus for the strategy. Further develop the all-age approach to support carers across the borough, empower and produce with carers to drive change across the borough, support carers to have good physical and mental health and wellbeing, and work in partnership with carers in the wider community to promote a carer-friendly borough. In conclusion, the 24-29 all-age carer strategy is a vital step forward in supporting those who dedicate their lives to caring for others. By empowering carers, integrating services and addressing health inequalities, we're not just enhancing their lives, we are enriching our entire community. Together, we can ensure that every carer feels recognised, supported and connected. I move the two recommendations, leader. Thank you, Councillor Watlin. Councillor Middleton, do you want to come in on this one as well? Yeah, thank you, leader. It's been fantastic to be able to—it's very loud, isn't it? To work with carers around their health and wellbeing and the impact of that upon their lives and relationships. There's very strong messaging coming through is that they wanted to do more social activities and spend more positive time with people they were caring for. So showing people what's available, what activities, things they could be doing in the community, and supporting their health and wellbeing is really vital that they get that time and space with people outside of that caring and that that's not the only focus on what they're doing. So we've worked hard to make sure those activities are promoted and available. And also about friendly carer awareness services in Telford and Wrekin, and that there needs to be flexibility around appointments and how people work with carers. So it's really important that that's happened. It's really good to see people's health and wellbeing being factored in, and it's a fantastic strategy, so well done to everyone involved. Thank you, Councillor Middleton. Councillor Nelson, any comments? I'll come to Councillor Nelson first, if that's okay. Thank you, leader. Yeah, thank you for the work that's been done for this strategy. We did reference it back in March. And remember, at that time, Councillor Watling helped me with a question I was asking about the means by which we informed carers the help from the council. So thank you for that at that time. And indeed, to that end, when I walked out of the car park this morning, there's a very large poster, indeed, saying, are you a carer? And then asking people what help they needed, what support they were looking for, and what they could get from the council. We have a moral and a statutory obligation to support people who care, and we're supportive of that. We also particularly approve of the focus on young carers. One heart goes out to someone who is giving up part of their future, because while care you offer during your adult life is a period in your adult life, care you offer in your young life, you only have the one go. So I'm very pleased indeed to see, we are very pleased indeed to see that the council are going to help young carers minimise the impact on their education of the care they do, and the council, I'm sure, is also looking at the degree to which young carers have agency in their decision-making, because they may be acting through considerable compassion, and the council needs to assure itself where it can that the young people also have full agency in their decision-making. I don't know how you do that, but I think it's really important. In point 6.8, it refers to outcomes and measures. I'm not obsessed with targets and measures, but they are extremely important. We manage what we measure. Page 19 KPIs are referred to. Key performance indicators are very important and very useful to make sure that we make progress to our objectives and targets. One of them describes the number of parents accessing short breaks forums. I looked in the action plan to say where in the action plan is an action plan to help that happen, and I can't find reference to the number of parents accessing short breaks forums, so I'm asking should there be a relationship between the key performance indicators and the actions proposed. If there isn't a relationship, there isn't, I would have thought there would be. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Nelson. Councillor O'Rourke. I fully welcome the all-age carer strategy. Having previously been a carer, you're just doing what you think you're there to do for your family. You're not recognising the fact that you are a carer in supporting the delivery of care services. You're just supporting your family member. So it's really good that there's support out there because sometimes as a carer, you don't know where to turn to, you don't know who to speak to, and you need to have that support, but also you need that advice to say, yeah, we can step in at times to give you that little bit of break, because all you're focused on is caring for that person, and that's why a lot of people don't recognise they're a carer, because they're just doing what they would normally do in their life to support their loved one. So it's great to have a strategy, and as Councillor Middleton said, the health and wellbeing of carers is important, because if they drop out of the system and they can't care for somebody, that's a massive impact on the local authority or the health service, because they are vital, and as Councillor Watkins said, they save this country a lot of money, and so we have to make sure we have that support in place for carers, and it's great that we have this strategy to do that, and I agree with Tim in the fact that young carers are important, and they're doing something for their loved one, and they shouldn't be penalised in the education service for that, and they should have that future to develop, because the poor thing is when you are looking after somebody, there is a time when they won't be there, and you need to have that life of your own after that's happened. So this is a great report and one that's been worked on well, and thanks to Paul, Kelly, Shirley and the team for bringing this together. Thank you, Councillor Holden. Councillor Reynolds. Thank you, Leader. Just a quick one, going back on what Councillor Nelson said, we actually already have a forum and it is actually working, so it's already in place, so I just want to assure you on that point. I'm really pleased to see this one all-encompassing strategy with our young carers included. It's really clear that we've consulted them, we've listened to them, and their views have helped formulate this strategy. Consideration has been given to ensure that their valuable role in caring is recognised and that support is in place for them, and this is something I think you mentioned, Councillor Nelson, ensuring that they're not only able to continue with their education alongside their caring role, but there's absolutely no barriers to whatever they choose to do both during and after their studies. That support is there and there will be nothing holding them back. Our administration's robust commitment is that all carers are recognised, thanked and valued as they play such an invaluable role. Carers are essential in supporting the wider health and care system. The consultation also provided insight into the lives of our young carers, and people may be surprised that there were 66 young carers who were under 16 and providing over 50 or more hours a week of unpaid care. I mean, that is quite a measure for a young person. It's also vital that we continue to raise awareness of the role of our young carers and that organisations learn from these experts with lived experience. There is no better voice than lived experience. I was pleased to see the positive examples of working with our schools and our youth clubs and our young carer engagement sessions, and the uses of various social media platforms along tried traditional methods ensures we reach our young in the platforms that they're using. We must continue to raise awareness of the training and support available for young carers, but I also want to thank our officers for the work that has gone in to producing this excellent all-age carer strategy. It's the first time we've had a carer strategy so encompassing, and I think it's wonderful. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Reynolds, and I apologise to you. I've missed you off the original movers. I've had a few digital issues this morning. Amongst all the other issues, some digital issues. So that's been moved, seconded, all in favour? Thank you. So that's quite neat, actually, because talking about digital issues, we move on to the digital strategy, which I think is Councillor Hannington. Thank you. So our vision is to create a better borough through digital innovation, providing seamless connectivity for all, and encouraging more take-up of information and services online. The strategy highlights the initial actions planned, our progress made since the last strategy, 2021-2023, and also to deliver our aims through to the end of 2026-2027. The strategy will be reviewed annually with progress being reported to members. The strategy is set into five theme areas, digital customers, digital care and support, digital economy and skills, digital place, and digital council. There are a number of key accomplishments from the previous digital strategy, which include the launch of the new leisure website and leisure system. We've launched a new digital assistant, Ask Tom, which is available 24-7 to respond to the most frequently asked customer questions. We've increased the number of services that can be accessed through web chat. We've implemented a series of improvements to the customer experience of using the My Telford portal. We've created a custom system for travel assistance and transport requests. And our virtual house is now complete and fully accessible via Livewell, Telford virtual house tour, virtual house tour, Telford and Recon Council. And residents can take an interactive tour of the house to see examples of assistive technology and sensory aids and equipment that help with all daily activities around the home. We've created the independent living centre, implemented an app to aid mental health professionals and booking doctors, implementation of One Health and Care, which is a confidential digital shared health and social care record which collates information from different organisations within health and social care. In late 2023, the infrared technology to detect fails, falls and to track the habits and behaviours of residents was introduced as a pilot. This technology can also identify changes in activity that could affect the health and wellbeing of residents and prevent them from getting worse. We have an online referral into Family Connect, safeguarding for professional partners to streamline and speed up the referral process. Care providers portal has also been introduced, linking to our adult social care case and financial management system to reconcile and pay for care delivered. 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Diolch, Cymru Hannington. Cymru Overton. Rydw i'n gobeithio'n ddiddordeb, a byddwn yn ddiddorol iawn, oherwydd mae'r Zona'n cymryd llawer o ddiddordeb Rydw i'n gobeithio am sut rydym yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn eich bod yn e ahnwyr about education around digital innovation…. But it's a key that there are people who are away from digitalization, and they also don't want to even touch it, and it's great that in the report it does say that we have to keep all our channels open because we always have this question. You know? I mean, if a resident rang me and said go report this. I said go on the app. They probably wouldn't know what I was on about, some of the residents. a dyna oherwydd nad ydyn nhw eisiau cael y ffon mobil sy'n gwneud yr hyn oherwydd, neu maen nhw'n cael eu llinellur ac maen nhw'n hapus am hynny. Felly rydyn ni'n rhaid gwneud yn siŵr y byddwn ni'n cynnig yn y ffordd y byddwn ni'n cymryd gwasanaethau. Rwy'n gwybod bod hynny'n rhywbeth y byddwn ni'n gweithio i weithio'r canlyniadau hynny. Ond mae'r strategaidd yw gwneud yn siŵr y bydd pobl yn gallu, os ydyn nhw'n ychydig, a byddwn ni'n cymryd am ymwneud ymlaen, oherwydd mae'n cyffredinol. Mae'n cyffredinol ar gyfer gwasanaethau lleol a phobl cymdeithasol i bobl ymlaen, ond bydd yna llawer o bobl sy'n mynd i'r gwasanaeth hynny. Rydw i'n meddwl, mae'n fawr am teldoc a'r app NHS. Rydw i wedi cael amlwg ymlaen drwy hynny a fy hun. Ond bydd yna bobl sy'n mynd i'r cymdeithas ymlaen ac yn y ffordd. Rydw i wedi cael amlwg ymlaen a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cymdeithasol a phobl cy Kynydd a wnaeth partnerfedètres, yn ysbryd hi fach akt Wildlife siaeth yr un, ymlaen a laynt pan ddylwyr yn sÙl. Ond dechrau bod beth oedd ymuno o ddylanfeiliad expensive cyn ein genedraeth. Iloeddiad ar gyfer cyllideb hynny'n poresxedogi drio ym Niol ein Mae'r strategaeth yma am ddefnyddio'r technolegau yma i ni, ac mae'r technolegau hynny'n gweithio ar ryw ffordd. Ond am ddefnyddio'r technolegau hynny i gysylltu cymaint o gysylltiadau a gysylltu effeithiol. Mae hynny'n bwysig oherwydd yr ymddygiadau ffinansol sydd oedden nhw i gyd. A'r ffyrdd yma yw'r gysylltiadau hynny yw'r gysylltiadau cymaint ac rydyn ni eisiau gwneud y gysylltiadau ymddygiadau'n ffyrdd. Felly pethau fel ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymgyrch, gwneud ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygi ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddy ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddy ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddygiadau ymddy fakeriaf dwiorodd o hyn sousidiaf. Dwi ddim hoffa gydag Bai creates a mewn. Diolch. Felly mae'n bwysig i'w adnabod, ac maen nhw'n bwysig iawn i'w gwasanaethau cymdeithasol. Felly mae hynny'n bwysig i'w adnabod, ac maen nhw'n bwysig iawn i'w gwasanaethau cymdeithasol. Un o'r hyn yw, rydym yn gweld yn ymwneud â gynlluniau a gynlluniau, y gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, y gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, y gwasanaethau ychydig, sy'n cymryd cymdeithasol, ac y cymryd cymdeithasol y gwasanaethau ymwneud â gynlluniau, os yw'n dda i'w ddod oes, y byddwch chi'n ddod oes gyda'r gwasanaeth. Roeddwn i'n gweithio'n ymddygiadau'n rhai, mae'n anegdodol, roeddwn i'n ddod oes gyda BT. Roeddwn i'n gweithio'n ddod oes gyda'r gwasanaeth a'r cymdeithasol. Roeddwn i'n gweithio'n ddod oes gyda'r gwasanaeth a'r cymdeithasol. Roeddwn i'n gweithio'n ddod oes gyda'r gwasanaeth a'r cymdeithasol. Roeddwn i'n gweithio'n ddod oes gyda'r gwasanaeth a'r cymdeithasol. Roeddwn i'n gweithio'r gwasanaeth a'r cymdeithasol. 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The report you have before you today is regarding the action plan outcomes following our recent Ofsted. Prior to the most recent inspection, Children's Services last received the ILAC inspection in January 2020. The outcome of that inspection in 2020 was that Children's Services were judged to be outstanding. Telford and Reeking Council were the only local authority in the region to be judged outstanding at that time. The recent Ofsted inspection concluded that the council's Children's Service had maintained its outstanding judgement and we continue to be the only outstanding authority in the region. Moreover, Ofsted noted that the number of local authorities who were successful in maintaining their subsequent outstanding judgement was only five. I think it should be noted that following our outstanding judgement in 2020, our Children's Services had to respond and react to the Covid pandemic and the complexities that this brought. We are still dealing with some of the ramifications of Covid and its mental health impact on our families. Despite the difficulties of Covid and its aftermath, our Children's Services still maintained an outstanding service for our families. Within the four judgement areas, the experiences and progress of Care Leavers' judgement area was a new addition on the inspection framework and the council not previously having a stand-alone judgement in this area. Ofsted noted that Care Leavers benefit from an extremely comprehensive and generous local offer. The exceptional offer includes an enhanced set-up allowance. These are improvements since the last inspection. This is having a significant impact in ensuring that Care Leavers have the priority across a range of services. As a corporate parent, this judgement is something we should be extremely proud of and we are ensuring that our children are receiving the best start in life. With the Ofsted report, we were given two areas to improve. Out of a vast inspection of the whole of Children's Services, which covers numerous functions and teams, and I think for only two action points to be noted, reinforces the robust performance of our Children's Services, which manages the most complex of situations. Our action points were the management of contacts within Family Connect and the consistency of making children aged 16 to 17 years old who present as homeless aware of their rights and entitlements. The report sets out the full action plan which we've submitted to Ofsted that was required within the 70-day timescale. With regards to the management of contacts, there were numerous strengths, but it was felt that improvements could be made where some contacts were reopened and reviewed when further information was received. This service is exploring options around how contacts can be managed moving forward and there's further detail provided in the action plan in appendix 2. The work on the consistency of making children aged 16 to 17 years old who present as homeless aware of their rights and entitlements is also under way, with a senior lead now being appointed to major on this aspect of work. Although children are being made aware of their options to be accommodated, the process is being refined, so they understand immediately their rights and options and age-appropriate literature is also available to them. Further details of this can be found in the action plan in appendix 2. The report is incredibly positive, with our extensive work being reflected in the Ofsted report and the final judgment of outstanding, and this is testament to the hard work and continued development that has taken place. The report recognises many strengths and statements such as children benefit from an experienced team of specialist exploitation workers in the CAPE team who provide an exceptional service for children when they are exploited or at risk of exploitation. And also saying children's care plans are inspirational, they are thorough and address children's specific needs. They are independently reviewed and with the relevant people in children's lives contributing to the meetings. The innovative social work practice was recognised with more children benefiting from early help, and with our family hubs and our work with children and families it was noted as a real strength of the service. Together with our implementation of ambitious plans for children and young people and the political and financial support which continues to be at the heart of this Labour's administrations manifesto which Ofsted stated was critical to the success achieved. They specifically noted the strong commitment of the corporate leadership is evident in the political and financial support of children's services in Telford and Reekon. The impact of the stability of the strategic quartet in the leader of the council, the lead member for children, the chief executive and the director of children's services is impressive as they work together to make sure that children are the priority across the whole council. Again, the full report from Ofsted can be found in appendix 1. Whilst we've retained our outstanding judgement, we are unwavering in knowing there's always more we can do and there are more ways in which we can adapt our service offer by listening to the voice of children and families within the borough. We're continually looking to challenge ourselves to be even better to achieve more positive outcomes for children and families we work alongside. Our outstanding Ofsted judgement is a culmination of years of hard work and dedication by our officers and the investment of this Labour administration. We are committed to ensuring that our children are at the centre of all we do and this action plan shows our commitment. Children in Telford and Reekon really are cared for and cared about and together we're creating a brighter future one step at a time. I therefore move the recommendations in the report 1.1 to 1.3. Thank you. Thank you, Shirley. Have we got a seconder for that? I'll happily second the report. I think as Cabinet Members we probably all consider our portfolios the most important thing the council does. I'm trying to save the planet so I consider that quite important. When we're actually looking as a local council, our number one duty has to be to protect and care for the children in our area and those vulnerable children particularly who need that additional support, whose families need that additional support. I think what I really welcome in this report is that in 2020 we received that outstanding judgement. This council did not then rest on its laurels. It didn't think, that's it, job done. We're outstanding. We continue to strive to do better and that's why we've retained that outstanding judgement. The action plan that's attached to the report in response to the Ofsted inspection demonstrates that commitment to continue to go further, continue to deliver those excellent services for our children and as Councillor Reynolds says to make sure that our children are cared for and cared about. I just wanted to highlight one element of it because I've been a governor of the virtual school for a few years now and it's one of the most wonderful things I feel I'm involved in in this council. So a big shout out I think to Michelle Salter who's our virtual head and her team. That team is a very small team and they ensure that our looked after children get the very best education. They know those children, they are on it in terms of all of their education plans, working with the schools that those children are educated in but also much broader than that, lots of social activities, lots of extracurricular activities and that's a team whose role has broadened in recent years. So as well as looked after children, they also support families and children who were previously looked after and also children with a social worker. So we've got a really small team having a massive impact. So whilst all of our children services staff are absolutely wonderful and I think Leda you've said it before, with an outstanding judgement against the service actually recognises outstanding people and I think that runs through the whole of children services. But my closest connection to children services is virtual schools so I did want to just mention them because I just think the work they do is absolutely tremendous. Thank you. Thank you Carolyn. Councillor Nelson. Our whole hearted congratulations for getting an outstanding rating. Outstanding is outstanding and it's from an external body so it reflects tremendous credit on the officers, staff and all those that work so hard and do work so hard to achieve such a good result. Also the chief executive and the director of children services are both mentioned in Councillor Reynolds' report. You'll understand if I don't necessarily ascribe credit to the leader of the council so I think my group would probably have a view if I did that. I'm also pleased to see that in terms of the progress that the council wishes to make on the action points that scrutiny will be following that up and look forward to prompt and regular reporting from scrutiny of the council's progress. In what is a fairly universally positive report from Ofsted, if there's an item which isn't, and this is not a criticism, it's an observation. If there's an item that's not really very positive it does stand out and on page four, item 20, they say the identification support for children who are young carers is underdeveloped. Consequently, leaders cannot be assured that young carers are consistently identified, their needs assessed and appropriate help provided. I'm particularly mentioning that because though that item there is slightly critical in an otherwise very positive report, it's not picked up in the action plans. But I believe to help the council that does reference very much to the all-age strategy for carers where we talked this morning about the council's focus on young carers and I'd reiterate my point. You can rely on an adult carer being a volunteer. You cannot rely on a young carer being a volunteer. You need to assure yourself that you have agency. But I just observe that in terms of that point 20 which is critical, it would appear that it is covered off by the council's all-age carer strategy. Thank you. Councillor Healy, I think you want to come back on something. I just wanted to pick up on, you made a point about not wanting to recognise the role of a leader of the council and I suppose I just know, bear with me, Councillor Nelson, because I don't think that's fair at all. Some elements in this report talk about the support and that leadership around children in care and in particular care leavers and our previous leader, John Davies, now our MP, absolutely put children in care and care leavers and that offer for care leavers which is recognised very strongly in this report at the very heart of his leadership of this council. I think to try to just dismiss that is just playing party politics and it's not necessary and I just think that it's churlish not to acknowledge the role that the former leader had in ensuring that we had the very best support for our care leavers. Thank you, Councillor Healy, for your comments. I'm picking up on a couple of points really to go back to Councillor Nelson. I do appreciate what Councillor Healy is saying but fortunately the independent Ofsted inspection picked up on the administration, our former leader, myself as cabinet member, together with our superb officers and they did give credit where credit was due, which is in print for the world to see, so I'm more than happy with that. The other point that Councillor Nelson mentioned was about young carers. They were not actually picked up as an action point from Ofsted so it wouldn't have been in our action plan but we've already picked this up in our service development plans and it's been linked to the all-age carers strategy. So we have done that anyway but Ofsted did not put that in one of the points of action. We only had two and I think there was another thing I wanted to mention actually. You've said about you hope this is going to be picked up by scrutiny and dealt with. I can confirm the action plan. I'm taking that to children and young people scrutiny tonight so we're not wasting any time. It will be going there tonight and now it's been through cabinet. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Reynolds. Really good comments, excellent report and just echoing what Councillor Healy said really is about outstanding people. There's a number of, this hasn't just happened overnight, it's happened twice over a long period of time now. You know there are people still sat in this chamber who've made a massive contribution, that includes yourself, Councillor Watlin. And I will talk about my predecessor actually because he's worked tirelessly in the eight years that he was leader of this council and he's still a member of this council but in the years that he was leader of this council he was relentless in making sure that this authority did absolutely as much as it could to protect young people in our borough. You have to have been in the room or been paying attention to actually recognise that rather than sat behind a computer creating wholly misleading Facebook posts or dreaming up a narrative to use in council meetings that suited a political direction of the time. In fact in his handover to me, when we were talking about this he only really talked about outstanding children's services and his final words to me on the subject were, don't mess it up, or words that affect. And I hope that demonstrates to everyone how importantly he took it. But underneath or alongside the political administration there have also been some outstanding officer commitments to this as well. Whether that's the chief executive who sat alongside me, whether it's Jo Britton who can't be here today, whether it's Clive Jones before her, have made significant commitments to this. And in the wake of the Crowther report I took time to go and see some people on the front line, I know you did as well, Councillor Reynolds, who are people that actually, you know what, they'll probably never appear in this chamber here but every day they come to work and go and deal with in some instances some of the worst of human nature but always providing the best of themselves to tackle that and that's reflected in this report, it's been reflected in the Crowther report, it's been reflected in various Home Office reports and inspections that we've had over the years. So I'd just like to thank everyone for their contribution to it. I think it's absolutely remarkable that a council that's received outstanding twice is still bringing an action plan, a report to say how can we be better. No pressure Shirley, but the hat-trick is required from you. But yeah, absolutely, as Councillor Healy said, it's about our outstanding people whether they're in here and it's very easy to throw comments around actually when we're sat in a nice warm chamber, it is absolutely about those people on the front line every day going about the business to make sure our young people are protected and that will always be the number one priority and that includes in budgets as well. Every budget that we've produced actually since 2011 but more so since 2016 has put more investment into children's services. It will be probably the same in March, I've no doubt, and we'll continue to do that. So actually, if you're that concerned about making sure children's services and the protection of young children is important, then vote for the budget in March. We've got a mover and a seconder, all in favour? Thank you. And then last but not least, saving some of the best till last, we've got item 10 and we're joined today by Chair of Community Scrutiny. I hope you've got your title right, don't get it wrong. Councillor Elise Davies who's going to present the report for us. Elise. Thank you, leader. Just while we wait for the PowerPoint, I really welcome the invitation to come and share what we've been working on in scrutiny and something to be celebrated, just listening to your conversations then is the fact that scrutiny, remember, is cross-party. That working together, collaboration, sharing of those ideas and I think this report today is something to be really, really celebrated and I know officers and I'll talk about it thanks to you, but I think I'm really proud of what we're about to present. I'm sure it'll come on, but I'll carry on. One of the things here we go, we're talking about the election review today and one of the reasons why we wanted to have this election review was because of the introduction of voter ID. When people got to the polling station, they needed to have this voter ID, so we wanted to investigate a little bit more about the communication, making sure that residents, when they turned up, really knew what they needed to bring with them. As members as well, when we talked about it, we wanted to investigate and look into the actual count, the timings of the count and how that worked. We also wanted to look at the staffing of the count when they were taking their breaks because there was a perception from members. We didn't quite understand how the breaks were working, so we noticed that there was these mass breaks and we didn't quite understand that, so we wanted to scrutinise that a little bit more and also having that understanding, particularly in the council elections, of when you turned up as a member expecting your result, was your result going to come at the beginning of the night, was it going to come towards the end, how long were you going to be waiting for? As a result of this conversation amongst us, we had some workshops, we gathered together some different evidence, we worked with incredible officers that really opened our eyes as a scrutiny as to what exactly happens during this. We worked particularly with the returning officer and the deputy returning officer who are here today, but also we had support from a national expert called Mark Heath. He works for Solace, he's a spokesperson for elections and democratic renewal and we had an online workshop with him and he talked to us a little bit about his experience and what we were doing well and how we could improve really. So David and Anthea talked to us about the extensive legal requirements and a huge book that is involved in what exactly needed to do and we were unaware as a scrutiny just the level and the extent of how much needs to go into that, I mean not just at the count but even having the candidates, setting up the polling stations, thinking about the staff that are going to be taking, even to the level of detail of what pieces of paper staff are going to use to count just to make it a little bit easier. So the attention to detail was just phenomenal and we were blown away as a scrutiny just to how much thought and time had been put into that, so thank you. There was also something to be really proud of, I think, in Telford and Recon is that after every single count they always have a lessons learned meeting where they go over the count, talk about even though there's been so many things to be proud of just that level of constant wanting to get better all of the time, so you always have that lessons learned, so we learnt that as a scrutiny. They talked about the amount of training that happens to the counting staff, often as candidates when we're looking on and we're seeing the counters, we don't have that view of what's happened before, over 12 hours of training was put in to those counting staff, mock elections so they can practice counting, but also, and we'll talk about it later in the recommendations, there were some lovely ideas about creating a video just for those counting staff to look back maybe the night before the count or even just a few days before the count just so they can refresh their memory because obviously we know, don't we, we've been at that count so it's really tiring and it's making sure that all of the counting staff are just on their A game. When we met with Mark Heath on the workshop, he gave us further insight as to how elections were run. We talked about with him just the implications on what could happen if something went wrong. The whole count would have to start again and it would just be awful, so he talked about when we asked him, why can't our count be fast like you see all these councils on the news when they're rushing their boxes in and they're counting at speed, why aren't we the ones that are fast like them, why can't we get our results out quickly, but actually he was so reassuring and it's not about speed, it's about getting the right answer and the amount of votes and counting them carefully constantly. It's always about efficiency over speed is what he kept on talking about and he highlighted the best practice that we are doing in Telford and Reekon at the moment. He talked about and praised the efficient, well managed way that we do it in Telford and Reekon, so that's something to be celebrated. The other thing we're talking about now is things that we've done really well as a result of this scrutiny. The communication over the voter ID was fantastic and I think that's something that the communications team should be really proud of. There were lots of things on social media, so actually as a result of this, when we looked into how many people were turned away, it was minimal because everybody knew exactly what they needed to bring, so that was wonderful. Obviously I've talked about the lessons learned that again happened after the Police and Crime Commission's election and again after the general election and remembering that it's always to prioritise the efficiency over speed. So I think the last one is slide 4. I don't know, I've probably rambled, there we go. It's the recommendations that's come after the report are really, really small, which is sort of testament to how well we were doing already, so it's sort of that fine-tuning. So one of the first ones was we talked about the importance of every single candidate and their agent to make sure that they attend the briefings before, because quite often there was that miscommunication about actually how the process works, so making sure that everybody's informed on what's going to happen. When we investigated and talked about the staff breaks, again we as candidates were seeing this mass staff break, and I don't know if lots of people in the room were at the general election count, I didn't see those breaks even happening. They were so seamless and it just seemed like there was a constant level of activity, we didn't see that there was at any point a drop in those counting, so I just thought that was absolutely fantastic and it was obviously something that I can see from around me that people all saw, so that was wonderful, so that will be something that we will continue. Also, one of the recommendations is that we have an indicative plan for candidates, so that you know at the council elections, is mine going to come in towards the end, is it going to come first, just so you can plan your evening, because we felt that that was something as members that we thought was important for candidates, and then again continuing that communication for the voter ID, making sure that has a positive impact on the number of people that can actually come and vote on the day, and that isn't a barrier to anybody, so I'd really like to thank the returning officer and the deputy returning officer for all their fantastic work that's happened, and also I mentioned to Mark Heath as well for his support and the fact that he validated absolutely everything that we're doing and just really supported us in those small tweaks, so I suppose all that's left to do really is to ask the Cabinet to consider these recommendations from scrutiny and hopefully endorse them to the returning officer, thank you. Okay, thank you, Elise, that was a really good presentation and a good piece of work, as you say, cross-party piece of work, and thank you for leading that. Councillor McLemons. Thank you, Leader. I just want to thank the Community Scrutiny Committee for this excellent report, and it's really good that they're bringing recommendations to Cabinet, and it's good to have scrutiny bringing recommendations to Cabinet. I was a member on that cross-party committee at the time, so participated in the view, which was robust and in-depth, and I know that Councillor Davies has gone into great detail about it, so I won't add to that, but just to say I've been involved in elections since 1987, both as an agent and a candidate, so I've seen many changes over the years. I think it is important to adopt a continuous improvement approach, so this review was helpful to understand where and if we could improve, because you can always improve on things, and I think looking back and having those briefings afterwards on how it went is really important. So I think as a committee, as a community committee, we all learnt a lot on the work and processes that go on in the background by officers. I learnt a lot more, you know, being involved in the past, and it did give us the reassurances in terms of robustness of election processes. So I'm really happy with the recommendations that have come forward, and I hope we can adopt them. I think they're really good, solid ones, you know, and just thank you to all the officers and everyone involved in this review. Thank you. Okay, Angela, are you happy to move recommendation? Yeah, okay, and we've got a seconder, Richard. Councillor Nelson, any comments? Yeah, thank you, leader. I'm very, very happy and pleased indeed to commend the work of Councillor Elise Davies. Okay, thank you very much. Very clear report, very clearly expanded, and you've clearly led the community scrutiny well in terms of doing this piece of work, so thank you for that. Elections, getting elected, it's a very, very technical process. If you, to use the leader's term earlier, pay attention at all, it's evident it's an extraordinarily technical and legal process, because it's the foundation of our democracy, it's how we rule ourselves. We're not ruled by others, we rule ourselves. And I have no reference for comparison, because I've only taken part in elections within Telford and Rican. However, I think I count myself lucky, because it's evident to me the work of the officers and staff involved should be commended, because my experience of, even in my limited time, number of elections, Parish and Borough, has been positive, despite that extraordinary emotional connection that we all have as representatives during the process. It is also evident that the officers involved are reviewing what's going on, minute by minute, throughout long, long periods, with a view to having the best process that they can have. So those are very positive things. I also note that we as representatives, and the majority of us here now are representatives, play our own part, and that we continue to play our part of participating in the process in a positive, constructive, paying attention way, and that most of all we respect the process, we respect because the dignity and the legality behind our electoral processes is fundamental to our legitimacy as representatives at all. I do not want to introduce an awkward note at all, but there is a point I need to raise, which is, in terms of the recommendations that are read upon the screen, wherever the camera is pointing out, the recommendations with which we would concur request future candidates, et cetera, et cetera, and political parties to encourage briefings, to encourage attendance of briefings prior to an election, et cetera, and we heartily endorse encouraging that attendance. It's not what the papers say. The papers say, ensure the attendance, and unfortunately I cannot ensure the attendance of a member of my group at a briefing. I can request, I have no means of compelling them. They're representatives, they're not employees. I can't ensure they will intend. I will absolutely commit now that I will request my colleagues, urge them to insist they intend. I can't ensure. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Nelson. That's moved and seconded. Oh, Councillor Davies, I think you want to come back. Sorry. Thank you. Just on that then, on the insurance, one of the things, I'll just make a note, that one of the things we talked about within the scrutiny group is just having that communication with our members within the groups. So, for example, if you did attend a briefing on the election, just disseminating that to people around you, and we talked about that even on the night of the count when people are going, oh, what's happening here, just having that communication and just making sure that everyone has that personal responsibility to just share it amongst their groups so they all knew the protocol. Thank you. Thank you. Moved and seconded. Everyone in favour? Thank you. That's it then. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for your contributions. Have a good day.
Summary
The Cabinet approved the updated Council Plan, the 2024/25 revenue budget, the All Age Carers Strategy 2024-2029, the Telford & Wrekin Digital Strategy 2024 and the Ofsted Action Plan. It also noted the recommendations of the Communities Scrutiny Committee and provided a response.
Leader's Announcements
The Leader, Councillor Lee Carter, highlighted the ongoing response to support local residents entitled to Pension Credit. He stated that over 600 elderly residents had been written to in recent weeks
and reassured residents that the Council would continue to work with Age UK.1 The Leader also announced the opening of the new skills hub at the Station Quarter Development, commenting that it would eventually host up to 300 students to study maths and digital skills
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Telford & Wrekin Council Plan
The Cabinet approved the updated Telford & Wrekin Council Plan for 2024/25 to 2026/27. The plan sets out how the Council will deliver on its vision to protect, care and invest to create a better borough. The plan focuses on five key priorities:
- Every child, young person and adult lives well in their community
- Everyone benefits from a thriving economy
- All neighbourhoods are a great place to live
- Our natural environment is protected, and the Council has a leading role in addressing the climate emergency
- A community-focused, innovative council providing efficient, effective and quality services
Councillor Tim Nelson, Leader of the Conservative Group, sought clarification on the partners involved in the delivery of the plan, specifically asking about the role of secondary education providers.
2024/25 Financial Monitoring Report
The Cabinet approved the 2024/25 Financial Monitoring Report, which set out the latest financial position for the Council.
Councillor Nelson queried the effect of the government's planned increase to the rate and threshold of National Insurance on the Council, to which Councillor Carter responded that the impact on this authority will be zero because the government have said that they will cover that
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Councillor Nelson also raised the deferment of the capital housing budget, to which Councillor Carter responded that there’s an absolute commitment
to the NuPlace2 housing scheme and that the Council was committed to expanding both NuPlace and Telford and Wrekin Homes.3
All Age Carers Strategy 2024-2029
The Cabinet approved the All Age Carers Strategy 2024 - 2029. The strategy aims to support carers of all ages to:
- Identify as a carer
- Maintain their own health and wellbeing
- Plan for their future
- Participate in family and community life.
Councillor Nelson raised a point about the lack of outcome measures relating to parent carers accessing short break forums in the strategy’s action plan.
Telford & Wrekin Digital Strategy 2024
The Cabinet approved the Telford & Wrekin Digital Strategy 2024, which sets out how the Council will use digital technology to create a better borough.
Councillor Nelson expressed concerns about the potential overuse of technology, specifically the use of AI.
Ofsted Action Plan
The Cabinet approved the Ofsted Action Plan, which sets out how the Council will respond to recommendations made by Ofsted following its recent inspection of Children's Services.
Councillor Nelson noted that the identification and support for young carers was underdeveloped but that the All Age Carers Strategy would go some way to address this.
Report of the Communities Scrutiny Committee – Review of Election Processes
The Cabinet noted the recommendations of the Communities Scrutiny Committee Elections Review Working Group Report and provided a response.
Councillor Nelson expressed concerns that, whilst he could request that members of his group attend pre-election briefings, he could not ensure their attendance.
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Age UK is a national charity that provides advice and support to older people. ↩
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NuPlace is a private company owned by Telford & Wrekin Council which provides new homes for rent and shared ownership in the borough. ↩
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Telford and Wrekin Homes is a company that manages council-owned properties in Telford and Wrekin. ↩
Attendees
- Angela McClements
- Carolyn Healy
- Kelly Middleton
- Lee Carter
- Ollie Vickers
- Paul Watling
- Raj Mehta
- Richard Overton
- Shirley Reynolds
- Zona Hannington
- Anthea Lowe
- Jayne Clarke
- Paige Starkey
Documents
- Agenda frontsheet Thursday 07-Nov-2024 09.00 Cabinet agenda
- Public reports pack Thursday 07-Nov-2024 09.00 Cabinet reports pack
- Appendix A for All Age Carers Strategy 2024 - 2029
- Minutes of the Previous Meeting other
- Appendix B for All Age Carers Strategy 2024 - 2029 Action Plan
- Telford Wrekin Council Plan
- Appendix 1 for Telford Wrekin Council Plan
- 202425 Financial Monitoring Report
- Telford Wrekin Digital Strategy 2024
- Appendices for 202425 Financial Monitoring Report
- Ofsted Action Plan
- AllAgeCarersStrategyreport
- Communites Scrutiny Elections Review Report
- Appendix 1 for Telford Wrekin Digital Strategy 2024
- Appendix 2 for Telford Wrekin Digital Strategy 2024
- Appendix 1 for Ofsted Action Plan
- Appendix 2 for Ofsted Action Plan
- Appendix A - Communities Scrutiny Election Working Group Report
- Appendix B - Elections Review Terms of Reference
- Printed minutes Thursday 07-Nov-2024 09.00 Cabinet minutes