Harrow Committees

Cabinet

Cabinet

Recent meetings

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19 Mar 2026

6:30 pm

Cabinet - Thursday 19 March 2026 6.30 pm

The Cabinet of Harrow Council met on Thursday 19 March 2026 to discuss a range of important issues, including the adoption of the Harrow Local Plan 2021-2041, flood alleviation schemes, and the procurement of capital delivery programmes. Key decisions were ...

19 Feb 2026

6:30 pm

Cabinet - Thursday 19 February 2026 6.30 pm

The Cabinet meeting on Thursday 19 February 2026 saw the approval of the final revenue budget for 2026/27 and the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) to 2028/29, which included a planned Council Tax increase of 4.99%. Significant decisions were also made ...

29 Jan 2026

6:30 pm

Cabinet - Thursday 29 January 2026 6.30 pm

The Cabinet of Harrow Council met on Thursday 29 January 2026 to discuss a range of important issues, including the council's strategic performance, housing regulatory matters, estate improvements, water services, and regeneration projects. Key decisions in...

18 Dec 2025

Cabinet - Thursday 18 December 2025 6.30 pm

The Cabinet of Harrow Council met on Thursday 18 December 2025 to discuss and approve a range of key financial and service-related matters. Significant decisions included the approval of the draft revenue budget for 2021-22 and the draft Medium-Term Financi...

About

The Cabinet has the responsibility for the following functions:

 

(1)          Development of proposals for the budget (including the capital and revenue budgets, the fixing of the Council Tax Base, and the level of Council Tax) and the financial strategy for the Council;

 

(2)          Monitoring the implementation of the budget and financial strategy;

 

(3)          Recommending major new policies (and amendments to existing policies) to the Council for approval as part of the Council’s Policy Framework and implementing those approved by Council;

 

(4)          Preparation and agreement of other policies and plans for implementation by Portfolio Holders and others;

 

(5)          Approval and management of the Council’s Capital Programme and Strategy;

 

(6)          All key decisions – namely:

 

(i)     an executive decision which is likely to result in the Council incurring expenditure which is, or the making of savings which are, significant having regard to the budget for the service or function to which the decision relates; or

 

(ii)    an executive decision which is likely to be significant in terms of its effects on communities living or working in an area of two or more wards of the Borough.

 

A decision is significant for the purposes of (i) above if it involves expenditure or the making of savings of an amount in excess of £1m for capital expenditure or £500,000 for revenue expenditure or, where expenditure or savings are less than the amounts specified above, they constitute more than 50% of the budget attributable to the service in question.

 

(7)          Award of contracts over £500,000 and all matters reserved to the Executive under the Contract Procedure Rules

 

(8)          Virements between budgets as required by the Financial Regulations;

 

(9)          Making all non-key decisions which either fall outside Cabinet policy or agreed Executive guidelines, or have been referred to the Executive by the relevant Portfolio Holder or Corporate Director;

 

(10)       Determination of recommendations and references from the Council or any of its Committees or sub-committees and which the Cabinet considers are appropriate for collective decision;

 

(11)       Approval of HRA Rents.

 

Cabinet Members also make decisions within their roles as Portfolio Holders.  Decisions may be subject to call-in under certain circumstances.

 

Information on how to submit a petition, deputation or public question is available on the council website.

 

Members

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Paul Osborn · Chair
Profile image for Ameet Jogia MBE
Ameet Jogia MBE · Member
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Christopher Baxter · Member
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David Ashton · Member
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Hitesh Karia · Member
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Janet Mote · Member
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Jean Lammiman · Member
John Higgins · Member
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Kanti Rabadia · Member
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Marilyn Ashton · Member
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Mina Parmar · Member
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Norman Stevenson · Member
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Pritesh Patel · Member
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Stephen Greek · Member
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Thaya Idaikkadar · Member