The Leicestershire County Council was scheduled to meet on 3 December 2025 to discuss a range of topics, including the annual delivery report, revisions to the council's constitution, and a number of notices of motion. The council was also expected to appoint a new Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service.

Appointment of Chief Executive

The council was scheduled to consider the appointment of Jane Moore, the current Director of Children and Family Services, as the new Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service. The report pack stated that Ms Moore's remuneration would be at Grade 22, spinal column point 71 of the Leicestershire County Council Salary Scale 2025-36. The report pack noted that the role had become vacant following the decision of the current Chief Executive, John Sinnott, to retire.

The report pack stated that a politically balanced sub-committee was established to undertake the recruitment, and that Starfish Search, recruitment consultants, had supported the external advertising of the role.

The report pack stated that Ms Moore had met with four panels as part of the interview process:

• External Stakeholders
• Chief Officers
• Staff
• Appointment Committee members

The report pack noted that Ms Moore's key achievements included successfully leading children's services to an Outstanding Ofsted rating last year.

Annual Delivery Report and Performance Compendium 2025

The council was scheduled to consider the Annual Delivery Report and Performance Compendium 2025, which assesses the council's progress and performance over the past year. The Delivery Report focuses on delivery against the council's priorities as set out in its main service strategies. The Performance Compendium includes information on comparative performance, 2024/25 performance outcome results, and the council's funding situation.

The report pack stated that the council was the fifth best performing county in England on a wide range of performance measures in 2023/24, despite being the lowest funded. It also noted that initial analysis of 2024/25 data showed that 73 metrics improved, 34 showed no real change, and 53 worsened.

The report pack highlighted several areas for continued focus, including:

• Addressing Leicestershire's unfair funding position and seeking more sustainable funding for local services.
• Progressing the council's preferred option for Local Government Reorganisation to a single unitary authority for Leicestershire and Rutland.
• Continuing progress on improvements to SEND¹ services and targeted improvements to Children's Social Care.
• Implementing the Public Health Strategy and a refreshed Health and Wellbeing Strategy, and supporting public health services.
• Pressing for an effective government solution to the challenges in Adult Social Care and implementing the Improvement Plan in response to the CQC Inspection of Leicestershire Adult Social Care services.
• Implementing a refreshed Local Transport Plan (LTP 4), continued public transport improvements and measures to help support and grow the local economy.
• Maintaining the focus on ensuring good local public services and customer satisfaction.

Review and Revision of the Constitution

The council was scheduled to consider changes to its constitution, as part of the annual review. The Review and Revision of the Constitution - cover report stated that changes had been made to three areas: the Articles, the Meeting Procedure Rules, and the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules.

Key changes to the Meeting Procedure Rules included:

• Separating the procedures into two main parts: County Council Procedure Rules and Executive, Commission, board and committee Procedure Rules.
• Introducing subheadings to make the document easier to navigate.
• Amending the rules to cover circumstances when a quorum might not be present at the start of a meeting, including a 15-minute time limit to allow for a quorum to be established.
• Expanding the scope of questions to make clear that questions which are defamatory, frivolous, offensive, vexatious, derogatory and unlawful will not be allowed.
• Adding new sections to acknowledge current practice allowing for motions to be received by email and that these can be submitted to the annual meeting.

Notices of Motion

The council was scheduled to consider the following notices of motion:

• Support for Family Carers - proposed by Councillor Dan Harrison CC. The motion called on the council to recognise the vital role played by carers in supporting vulnerable individuals across Leicestershire, and to ensure that carers are consulted and involved in shaping services. It also called for the council to assess future decisions, services and policies to determine the impact of changes on carers, and to incorporate these commitments into the refresh of the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Carers Strategy.
• Opposing Labour's Digital ID Scheme - proposed by Councillor Michael Mullaney CC. The motion stated that the council notes the recent announcement by Keir Starmer's Labour Government of plans to introduce a mandatory Digital ID scheme for all UK residents, and that the council believes that Labour's scheme represents an expensive measure that will undermine public trust, and fails to protect core British values of liberty, privacy and fairness. The motion resolved that the council formally oppose the Labour Government's Digital ID plans, and request that the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive write to the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Minister for Digital Infrastructure expressing the council's firm opposition to Labour's mandatory Digital ID system and calling for the plans to be scrapped.
• Urgent Action on SEND Funding - proposed by Councillor Deborah Taylor CC. The motion stated that the council notes the increasing number of children and young people in the county with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and the growing pressure on schools, local authorities, and families to meet complex needs with limited resources. The motion resolved to write to the Secretary of State for Education, urging an immediate review and uplift of SEND funding allocations for Leicestershire County Council.
• Community Flood Signage Scheme for Leicestershire - proposed by Councillor James Poland CC. The motion stated that the council notes that instances of surface water and fluvial flooding across Leicestershire are becoming more frequent and severe, posing risks to life, property, and transport networks, and that Nottinghamshire County Council operates a Community Flood Signage Scheme (CFSS), which enables trained community Flood Wardens to deploy signage and temporarily close roads when pre-agreed flood trigger levels are reached. The motion resolved to introduce a pilot scheme of enhanced resources allocated to prioritise 'quick response' to locations where road closures could reduce the risk to life and risk of property flooding caused by bow waves or other relevant locations promoted by Volunteer Flood Wardens.