The Culture, Community Safety & Environment Scrutiny Panel are scheduled to discuss the council's finances, its draft library strategy, and its work programme at a meeting on Tuesday, 16th December 2025. Councillor Makbule Gunes, Chair of the Children and Young People's Scrutiny Panel, will chair the meeting. Councillors Carroll, Luke Cawley-Harrison, Culverwell, George Dunstall, Grosskopf and Sue Jameson are also expected to be in attendance.

Draft Library Strategy

The panel are scheduled to discuss the draft library strategy for 2026-2030. The London Borough of Haringey Draft Library Strategy document is included in the report pack. Also included are the Library Strategy Consultation Survey Questions and Culture Strategy and Communication.

Finance Update

The Finance Update Quarter 2_Cabinet Report is included in the report pack. Also included are Revenue and Capital virements and Debt Write Off includes less than 50000 and greater than 50000.

Work Programme Update

The Work Plan 2022-26CCSEDec_25 Meeting is included in the report pack.

Other items

The agenda includes:

• Apologies for absence.
• Items of urgent business.
• Declarations of interest. Councillors are required to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests or prejudicial interests.
• Deputations/petitions/presentations/questions.
• Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting held on Thursday 13 November 2025¹.
• New items of urgent business.
• Dates of future meetings. The next scheduled meeting is 23 February 2026.