Councillor Kate Stock

Agenda

The Council voted to note a report about an increase to Councillor allowances for information and approved a motion celebrating the Council's success in supporting social workers. The Council also voted against motions to exempt or compensate charities for the rise in Employer National Insurance Contributions, and to condemn the Council for failing to take action to end the protest on Riverside Walk in Nine Elms. The Council voted to accept a Conservative amendment to a Labour motion on compassion at Christmas.

Agenda

The meeting saw the Executive make decisions on a range of topics after receiving reports from the Environment, Health, Housing, Children's and Finance Committees. This included agreeing to extend Enable's contract for parks, leisure and bereavement services, agreeing an inflation-linked increase to service charges, agreeing the commissioning of extra care services, agreeing to continue participating in the London Sexual Health and Contraception E-Service, approving a new Vulnerable Residents Policy for housing, agreeing an approach to play strategy, and agreeing to consult on the closure of Bradstow School.

Agenda and decisions

The Children's Overview and Scrutiny Committee endorsed both the new Young Wandsworth Strategy and the new Play in Wandsworth strategy. The Committee also noted the annual Children's Services statutory complaints report and agreed the new Children's Act 1989 Statutory Complaints Policy. After lengthy discussion, the committee recommended that the Executive approve the beginning of the pre-proposal consultation on the closure of Bradstow School in Broadstairs, Kent. The Committee noted both the quarterly key performance indicator report and the budget monitoring for quarter two.

Agenda

The meeting saw decisions taken on a range of issues, including the approval of funding from the Cost of Living Grant fund and confirmation of a variation to the Battersea Park 2025 Event Traffic Management Plan.

Agenda and decisions

The Board agreed to note the Safeguarding Adults Board annual report, the Better Care Fund spend, the Healthwatch annual report, and the Health and Wellbeing Board work programme. It also agreed to note the delivery outputs in the Start Well portion of the Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy.