Councillor County Azhar Ali OBE
Email: azhar.ali@lancashire.gov.uk
Council: Lancashire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
32 meetings · Page 1 of 7
Lancashire Combined County Authority - Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 8th December, 2025 3.00 pm
The Lancashire Combined County Authority - Overview and Scrutiny Committee are scheduled to meet on Monday 8 December 2025. Items to be discussed include the Local Transport Plan, the Committee's work programme for 2025/26, and an update from Matthew Sidgreaves, Chief Operating Officer, Lancashire County Combined Authority. The meeting is to be held at County Hall, Preston.
Cabinet - Thursday, 27th November, 2025 2.00 pm
At a meeting of the Lancashire County Council's cabinet, the council approved a proposal for local government reorganisation, reviewed the corporate performance and financial position, and adopted a local nature recovery strategy. The cabinet also discussed highway maintenance, traffic regulations, flood authority advice, and complaints handling.
Budget and Finance Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 24th November, 2025 2.00 pm
The Budget and Finance Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the council's financial position, including the projected overspend for 2025/26, a preliminary assessment of the 2026/27 budget, and an efficiency review. The committee agreed to recommend to the cabinet that they arrange 45-minute meetings with each cabinet member before 21 January to allow members to scrutinise them at length. The committee also discussed the importance of explaining acronyms in reports, and the need for more detail in the mitigations section of the financial monitoring report.
Full Council - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 1.00 pm
The Full Council of Lancashire Council is scheduled to meet on 20 November 2025 to discuss local government reorganisation, committee appointments, and updates to the council's constitution. The meeting will also address questions from councillors and consider several notices of motion. Reports from the cabinet and various committees are also scheduled to be noted.
Employment Committee - Tuesday, 11th November, 2025 1.00 pm
Decisions from Meetings
143 decisions · Page 19 of 29
The Audit, Risk and Governance Committee
From: Annual General Meeting, Full Council - Thursday, 22nd May, 2025 1.00 pm - May 22, 2025
...to approve the recommendations from the Audit, Risk and Governance Committee meeting held on 24 March 2025, including noting several reports and approving the Internal Audit Annual Plan for 2025/26, the draft Annual Governance Statement for 2024/25, the updated Corporate Risk and Opportunity Register, and recommending the Code of Corporate Governance for 2025/26 for approval.
Recommendations Approved
Confirmation of the Minutes from the Meeting held on 13 March 2025 and of the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 13 March 2025
From: Annual General Meeting, Full Council - Thursday, 22nd May, 2025 1.00 pm - May 22, 2025
Recommendations Approved
The Pension Fund Committee
From: Annual General Meeting, Full Council - Thursday, 22nd May, 2025 1.00 pm - May 22, 2025
...to note the report of the Pension Fund Committee from its meeting held on 7 March 2025, where the committee approved the Lancashire County Pension Fund budget for the year ended 31 March 2026, a revised Responsible Investment Policy, the 2025/26 Training Plan, and other matters related to the Pension Fund.
Recommendations Approved
Appointments to Outside Bodies
From: Annual General Meeting, Full Council - Thursday, 22nd May, 2025 1.00 pm - May 22, 2025
...to approve the appointment of county council representatives to various outside bodies, including the Lancashire Combined Fire Authority, the Police and Crime Panel for Lancashire, the Local Government Association's General Assembly, Boards and Special Interest Groups, the County Councils Network, and the North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority.
Recommendations Approved
Financial Threshold for Key Decisions
From: Full Council - Thursday, 13th March, 2025 1.00 pm - March 13, 2025
...to maintain consistency, the financial threshold for key decisions, as defined in Section 5.9 of the Constitution, will remain at £2.2 million for the 2025/26 financial year.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 32
Average per Month: 1.4
Decisions Recorded: 143