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Cabinet - Thursday, 20th February, 2025 2.00 pm
This meeting was about the council's budget for 2025/26, as well as approving its Capital Investment Strategy for 2024/25 to 2034/35, and making decisions on rents and service charges for tenants. There was also a report on the current financial monitoring ...
Cabinet - Tuesday, 14th January, 2025 2.00 pm
The Cabinet approved a new [Damp and Mould Policy](https://democracy.walthamforest.gov.uk/documents/s99660/Damp+and+Mould+Policy+-+Cabinet+report.pdf), a new [Sufficiency Strategy](https://democracy.walthamforest.gov.uk/documents/s99663/Sufficiency+Strategy...
Cabinet - Tuesday, 3rd December, 2024 2.00 pm
The Cabinet made a number of decisions. The most significant of these was to proceed with the planned closure of the Markhouse Centre in Walthamstow. This was despite extensive opposition to the closure from service users, their families and trades unions, ...
Cabinet - Tuesday, 5th November, 2024 2.00 pm
The Cabinet approved the new [Private Rented Sector Strategy](https://democracy.walthamforest.gov.uk/documents/s98781/Private+Rented+Sector+Strategy+-+Cabinet+Report.pdf) and its Delivery Plan, the recommissioning of the In-borough Home to School Transport ...
Cabinet - Tuesday, 1st October, 2024 2.00 pm
The Cabinet made a number of decisions on funding the acquisition of new homes, plans to make the council's housing company dormant, and adopting the recommendations of a scrutiny review into the draft [Inclusive Growth and Economy Framework](https://democr...
Cabinet - Tuesday, 10th September, 2024 2.00 pm
The Cabinet noted an overspend of £14 million on its revenue budget, agreed to directly award the contract for drug and alcohol services to [Change Grow Live (CGL)](https://www.changegrowlive.org/), adopted a new Serious Violence Strategy and agreed to leas...
Cabinet - Tuesday, 9th July, 2024 2.00 pm
The Cabinet agreed all the recommendations put before them at this meeting. The most significant decisions were to consult on a new version of the Local Plan and to approve a scheme for Waltham Forest Council to directly build new homes in the borough.
Cabinet - Tuesday, 4 June 2024 - 2.00 pm
The Cabinet of Waltham Forest Council met on Tuesday 4 June 2024, making decisions on the future of learning disability services and tackling homelessness. Key decisions included agreeing to consult on the potential closure of the Markhouse Centre and proce...
Cabinet - Thursday, 9 May 2024 - 2.00 pm
The Cabinet of Waltham Forest Council met on Thursday 9 May 2024, addressing key issues including housing complaints, the progress of the Soho Theatre Walthamstow project, and the upcoming expiry of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school contract. Decisi...
Cabinet - Thursday, 18 April 2024 - 2.00 pm
The Cabinet of Waltham Forest Council met on Thursday, 18 April 2024, to approve new energy procurement contracts for the council. The meeting also saw the approval of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and the Waltham Forest Housing Compact.
The Waltham Forest Cabinet is responsible for discharging most of the council's functions, implementing its policies, and managing the majority of the budget. It makes recommendations on major policy and resource matters to the full Council for decision.
The Cabinet provides political direction and guidance to the executive part of the council and monitors its performance. It is also politically accountable for the council's performance to the Council and its Overview and Scrutiny Committees, and works to improve the council's partnerships with other bodies.
