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Medium Term Financial Strategy 2025/26 to 2028/29
Recommendations Approved...to recommend the final Medium Term Financial Strategy revenue and capital budget for 2025/26-2028/29, including a revenue budget of £659.632 million and a band D council tax of £1,679.65, to the County Council, along with inflationary uplifts for adult, children, and public health services.
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School Admissions Arrangements for the 2026/27 Academic Year for Community (C) and Voluntary Controlled (VC) Schools
Recommendations Approved...to approve the school co-ordination and admission arrangements for the 2026/2027 academic year, including a reduction in the Published Admission Number (PAN) for Fairford Primary School and Foxmoor Primary School.
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Holiday Activity and Food Programme 2025-26
Recommendations Approved...to approve the extension of the Holiday Activity and Food Programme's existing framework agreement, allocate funding received from the Department for Education, and delegate authority to the Executive Director of Children’s Services to manage contract extensions and conduct mini-competition processes for program delivery.
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Use of Dedicated Schools Grant 2025/26
Recommendations Approved...to approve the distribution and use of the Dedicated Schools Grant for 2025/26, as outlined in paragraphs 80-86 of the report, subject to final approval at the Council budget meeting on February 21, 2025.
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Sufficiency Strategy 2025-2028
Recommendations Approved...to approve Gloucestershire's Sufficiency Strategy 2025-2028, which outlines the plan for providing sufficient homes for children in the county's care.
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Financial Monitoring Report 2024/25
Recommendations Approved...to note the financial monitoring report for 2024/25, including a forecast underspend, the use of reserves, the creation of a new reserve, the carry-forward of contingency funds, savings delivery, capital expenditure, changes to the capital programme, and prudential indicator monitoring.
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Children & Families Capital Programme Update
Recommendations Approved...to approve changes to the Children & Families Capital Programme, specifically adding £3.0 million to the New Special School in Gloucester, funded by existing borrowing and a High Needs Provision Capital grant.
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2023-2024 Gloucestershire Climate Change Strategy - Fifth annual Report
Recommendations Approved...to note the progress on the Gloucestershire Climate Change Strategy, including carbon emissions, corporate carbon emission calculations, and planned actions, and to approve the recommendations for the next year.
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...to renew the Section 75 Framework Partnership Agreement with the Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board for three years, authorizing a contract variation and delegating authority to finalize financial arrangements.
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Gloucestershire Corporate Parenting Strategy
Recommendations Approved...to approve and adopt the Gloucestershire Corporate Parenting Strategy 2024-27.
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