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Children's Social Care Cabinet Panel - Monday, 3 November 2025 10.00 am
November 3, 2025 View on council website Watch video of meeting Read transcript (Professional subscription required)
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The Children's Social Care Cabinet Panel met in Stevenage to discuss the 2024-25 performance reports for both the Fostering and Adoption services, and to note the Plan for Children and Young People Performance Report 2024/25. Councillors praised the work of social workers and foster carers, while also raising concerns about staff retention, the number of children in care, and the
Attendees
Nigel Bell
Leader, Labour Group • Labour
Dee Hart
Conservative
Paula Hiscocks
Conservative
Anthony Owen
Reform UK
Mark Pope
Conservative
Louise Price
Deputy Executive member for Children's Social Care • Liberal Democrats
Anthony Rowlands
Executive member for Children's Social Care • Liberal Democrats
Caroline Smith-Wright
(Liberal Democrats)
Miriam Swainston
(Liberal Democrats)
Kirsty Taylor-Moran
Leader, Green Group • (Green)
Sandy Walkington
Vice-Chairman of the Council • Liberal Democrats
Christopher Wright
(Reform UK)
Stuart Roberts
Liberal Democrats
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