Councillor Barrie Hargrove

Audit, Governance and Standards (Civic Awards) Sub-Committee - Monday 3 March 2025 6.00 pm

This meeting was scheduled to discuss the short-listed nominations for the Southwark Civic Awards 2025 and to grant awards to the nominees.

Budget and council tax setting meeting, Council Assembly - Wednesday 26 February 2025 7.00 pm

The Council Assembly approved the proposed budget for 2025-26 as amended by the Liberal Democrat group. It also approved the associated council tax increase of 4.99% and agreed to continue existing local schemes for war disability and war widow/widower housing benefit. In addition, the Capital Strategy and the Treasury Management Strategy were approved without amendment.

Extraordinary meeting, Council Assembly - Wednesday 26 February 2025 9.00 pm

Southwark Council held an extraordinary meeting to discuss a motion of no confidence in the leader of the council and the cabinet member for finance in relation to the performance of the Housing Department. An amendment to the motion, proposed by the Labour Group, was passed and the substantive motion, as amended, was also passed.

Licensing Committee - Tuesday 11 February 2025 6.00 pm

The Licensing Committee of Southwark Council had two substantive items on the agenda for their meeting. Firstly they were scheduled to decide whether to adopt the council's new statement of gambling policy, which would set out the council's approach to the licensing of gambling premises between 2025 and 2028. Secondly, they were scheduled to decide on a protocol for whether or not the committee's licensing sub-committee hearings should continue to take place remotely, or whether they should return to being held in person.

Licensing Sub-Committee - Thursday 6 February 2025 10.00 am

The meeting was scheduled to include the consideration of a report about an application for the review of a premises licence for A & D News, and an application for a new premises licence for Kent Restaurant and Lounge. The review application for A & D News is supported by the Metropolitan Police Service, and the application for a new licence for Kent Restaurant and Lounge is opposed by the Metropolitan Police Service, Southwark Council's Environmental Protection team and Southwark Council's Licensing team.