Ben Kind - Councillor for Lambeth ( Brixton Rush Common)

Councillor Ben Kind

 Labour  Brixton Rush Common  Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families

Email: bkind@lambeth.gov.uk

Council: Lambeth

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Corporate Parenting Board (Chair) Cabinet (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Health and Wellbeing Board (Committee Member) Lambeth Together Care Partnership (formerly Lambeth Together Strategic Board)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

42 meetings · Page 4 of 9

Cabinet

Cabinet - Monday 7 April 2025 5.00 pm

At a meeting of Lambeth Council's cabinet, Councillor Claire Holland, Leader of the Council, and cabinet members adopted a new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and noted the Quarterly Performance and Business Planning Report for quarter three of 2024/25. The cabinet heard concerns about wealth inequality and out-of-borough placements, while also praising the work of the homelessness team and progress on housing standards.

April 07, 2025
Cabinet POSTPONED

/03, Cabinet - Monday 17 March 2025 5.00 pm

This meeting has been postponed.

March 17, 2025
Council

Budget Council, Council - Wednesday 5 March 2025 7.00 pm

The meeting approved the Revenue and Capital Budget 2025/26, the External Auditor Recommendations and the Pay Policy Statement 2025/26. Both the Green and Liberal Democrat groups presented alternative budgets that were not carried.

March 05, 2025
Cabinet POSTPONED

/02, Cabinet - Monday 24 February 2025 5.00 pm

This meeting has been postponed.

February 24, 2025
Health and Wellbeing Board

Health and Wellbeing Board - Tuesday 28 January 2025 6.00 pm

The Board noted updates on the Family Hub Programme, the Lambeth Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA), the Better Care Fund (BCF), the work to support health and wellbeing in schools and the Director of Public Health’s quarterly report. The Board also approved the Lambeth Health and Wellbeing Board's response to the Change NHS consultation.

January 28, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Quarter 2 2025/26 Budget Monitoring Report

From: Cabinet - Monday 24 November 2025 5.00 pm - November 24, 2025

...to approve recommendations related to capital and revenue expenditure, savings, and income outlined in the Quarter 2 2025/26 Budget Monitoring Report to address the council's financial position.

Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)

Creative Economy Strategy

From: Cabinet - Monday 20 October 2025 5.00 pm - October 20, 2025

...to approve recommendations for an inclusive growth strategy aimed at strengthening Lambeth's cultural and creative ecosystem, enabling all residents to contribute to and benefit from a vibrant creative economy.

Recommendations Approved

Lambeth's Night Time Strategy

From: Cabinet - Monday 20 October 2025 5.00 pm - October 20, 2025

...to approve Lambeth's Night Time Strategy, aiming to make the borough more welcoming, accessible, safe, and equitable at night while supporting the night time economy and improving conditions for night time workers.

Recommendations Approved

Inclusive Talent Strategy 2025-2030

From: Cabinet - Monday 20 October 2025 5.00 pm - October 20, 2025

...to approve the Inclusive Talent Strategy 2025-2030, a refreshed version of the previous Skills and Employment Strategy, outlining the council's skills and employment ambitions for the next five years.

Recommendations Approved

Minutes of Previous Meeting

From: Cabinet - Monday 22 September 2025 5.00 pm - September 22, 2025

...to approve the minutes of the previous Cabinet meeting held on 30 June 2025 and to approve recommendations regarding the council's financial outturn, early year-end forecast, medium-term financial strategy, a contract with Countryside Properties (UK) Limited for the New Homes Hexagon project, and the quarterly performance and business planning report.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 42

Average per Month: 1.8

Decisions Recorded: 29