Decision

Members considered a tabled report by Councillor Shantanu Rajawat.

Before addressing the submitted report, Councillor Shantanu Rajawat, Leader of the Council, announced that Councillor Ranjit Gill would be joining the Labour Party from the Conservative Party. Councillor Gill was welcomed to the Labour Group accompanied by a round of applause.

It was then

RESOLVED –

That the following information on the Cabinet for 2025/26 be noted:

Leader’s Portfolio-Strategy, Resources and External Affairs

Councillor Shantanu Rajawat

• Strategy, Policy, Communications, External Affairs, Performance Oversight and Risk
• Financial Strategy
• Capital Delivery and Treasury Management
• Governance & Legal
• Commissioning, contracts and Local Economy Digital and ICT
• Lampton 360 Shareholder Interest
• Workforce

Cabinet Member for Assets, Regeneration and Development

Councillor Tom Bruce (Deputy Leader)

• Planning Policy and Strategy
• Housing Development and Council Housing Building Programme
• Inclusive Economic Development
• Regeneration
• Estate Renewal and Regeneration
• Property and Corporate Assets (including investment portfolio)

Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Health Integration

Councillor Lily Bath

• Adult Social Services (statutory)

• Public Health
• Health and Wellbeing
• Health Integration. ICB & ICP
• Migration and Asylum

Cabinet Member for Education, Children, Skills and Employment

Councillor Samia Chaudhary

• Lead Member for Children’s Social Care (statutory)
• Education and Schools
• Learning
• Skills
• Employment Strategy and Services for residents
• Young Persons Guarantee

Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change

Councillor Katherine Dunne

• Transport Strategy (including Active and Sustainable Travel)
• Aviation Policy
• Climate Emergency
• Net Zero Neighbourhoods
• Environment Strategy and Policy (including air quality)

Cabinet Member for Residents Support, Communities and Equalities

Councillor Ajmer Grewal

• Community engagement and consultation
• Community Wealth Building and Financial Inclusion
• Community and Voluntary Sector
• Resident Participation
• Equal Opportunities and Inclusion
• Community Solutions
• Women’s services
• Domestic Violence
• Violence Against Women and Girls

Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Recycling and Transformation

Councillor Shivraj Grewal

• Highways
• Street Cleaning
• Waste and Recycling Operations
• Environmental Operations, Performance and Quality
• Transformation (One Hounslow)
• Parking

Cabinet Member for Housing Management and Homelessness

Councillor Sue Sampson

• Housing Strategy
• Housing Management
• Housing Repairs and maintenance (including COALO Operations and Quality)
• Estate Pride
• Homelessness and Prevention Services
• (Single Front Door – Prevention – linked to community solutions)

Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Public Spaces

Councillor Salman Shaheen

• Libraries, Registration, Arts, Culture and Heritage
• Parks (Including Greenspace 360 Operations)
• Cemeteries
• Allotments
• Public Space Management
• Leisure and Active Hounslow (Including Lampton Leisure Operations)
• Food Policy

Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Customer Experience and Enforcement

Councillor Raghwinder Siddhu

• Community Safety
• Prevent & Protect UK
• Community Cohesion
• Neighbourhood Safety and Partnerships
• Regulatory Services
• Criminal Justice System
• Enforcement Strategy
• Customer Services

Councillor Rajawat also confirmed that he would appoint the following five members as Cabinet Assistants for 2025/26:

• Councillor Mohammed Shakeel Akram
• Councillor Madeeha Asim
• Councillor Tony Louki
• Councillor Kuldeep Tak
• Councillor Aysha Tariq

The Cabinet Assistants would be assisting the Cabinet with a number of projects as follows:

Name of Cabinet Assistant

Project

Councillor Muhammed Shakeel Akram

Voluntary Sector – Social action / Volunteering

Helping to lead work on the Thriving Communities Strategy which is committed to celebrating all the different types of social action, as well as supporting organisations looking for volunteers and helping individuals into volunteering/ social action.

Councillor Madeeha Asim

Carer’s Offer

A key priority for Adults Services, and one of the areas for development identified in the most recent ASC inspection, but impacts across all Council services.

Councillor Tony Louki

Waste, Recycling and Fly-Tipping

Increasing recycling and implementing fly-tipping reforms and changing behaviours related to the elimination of fly-tipping

Councillor Kuldeep Tak

Community Safety – Perception of Crime

Working with officers and the Community Safety Partnership Board to make residents feel safe across the borough.

Councillor Aysha Tariq

Children’s Safeguarding - Online harm / safety

Children’s Safeguarding Partnership has identified ‘online harm/ safety’ as a key priority this year and next (links to adults safeguarding).