Decision Maker: Community & Housing Overview & Scrutiny Committee

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: May 7, 2025

Purpose: To provide an update on the impacts of welfare reforms and the work that is ongoing to mitigate them.

Content: (a)       That the Committee endorse the ongoing work to manage the impact that welfare reform and the cost-of-living crisis had, and would continue to have, on some of the most vulnerable residents;   (b)       That the Committee endorse the measures being implemented via Welsh Government and the Council to mitigate the impact; and   (c)       That the Chair, on behalf of the Committee, write to the Minister for Works and Pensions to raise the concerns outlined by Members around the bedroom subsidy and financial impact on tenants and the Council.