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• Directorate Budget Report 2025/26 Including Fees and Charges

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve revisions to fees and charges effective April 1, 2025, and to note and comment on the proposed 2025/26 budget.

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• Apologies

  Recommendations Approved

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• Connect to Work

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the Council's direct delivery approach for the DWP's Connect to Work programme, including entering into a funding agreement and delegating approval of financial agreements to the Director of Place.

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• Revenue Budget Strategy and Council Tax for 2025/26

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to recommend to the Council the approval of the Revenue Budget and a Band D Council Tax level of £2,372.07 for 2025/26, including increases for Council Tax, the Social Care Precept, and the GLA, and to apply the Government’s statutory exceptions for premiums on second homes and long-term empty properties.

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• Consultation on the Empty and Second Home Property Premium Exemptions

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to recommend to the full Council the retention of the existing statutory exceptions to the Empty and Second Homes Premium without any changes, following a consultation.

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• Treasury Management Strategy and Strategy for 2025/26

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to recommend to the Council for approval the Treasury Management Policy, Strategy, amended Investment Criteria, revised Prudential Indicators, and new Liability Benchmark for 2025/26.

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• Corporate Q3 Quarterly Monitoring Report

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to note the projected £1.924m overspend on the General Fund, the £4.655m underspend within the Committee's remit, and the latest position on the capital programme.

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• Ward Concerns

  Recommendations Approved

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• Committee Work Programme

  Recommendations Approved

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• Declarations of Interest

  Recommendations Approved

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• Minutes

  Recommendations Approved

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• Petitions

  Recommendations Approved

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• Richmond Capital Programme and Funding Review

  For Determination

  ...to review the capital programme and proposed changes, and recommend to the Council the approval of the updated Committed Capital Programme and its funding, the entry of new schemes into the Development Pool, and the 2025/26 Capital Strategy, while also noting a proposed change to the accounting policy.

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Attendees

Councillor Gareth Roberts Leader of the Council • Liberal Democrat Party • Hampton

Councillor Nancy Baldwin Vice-chair of the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee (Spokesperson for Communities, Equalities & the Voluntary Sector) • Liberal Democrat Party • North Richmond

Councillor Richard Baker Liberal Democrat Party • Teddington

Councillor Robin Brown Liberal Democrat Party • Hampton Wick and South Teddington

Councillor Petra Fleming Liberal Democrat Party • Hampton Wick and South Teddington

Councillor Phil Giesler Business and Growth Lead Member • Liberal Democrat Party • Teddington

Councillor Katie Mansfield Richmond Town Centre Project Lead Member and White Ribbon Champion • Liberal Democrat Party • St Margarets and North Twickenham

Councillor Lesley Pollesche Liberal Democrat Party • Heathfield

Councillor Kuldev Sehra Liberal Democrat Party • Whitton

Councillor Caroline Wren Green Party • Fulwell and Hampton Hill

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