Richard Seedhouse

...to refer draft savings proposals, Equalities Impact Assessments, additional budget proposals, and the Capital Programme for 2025-2029 to the Overview and Scrutiny panels and Commission for consideration and comment.

...to address a forecast net adverse variance of £11.458m, the Cabinet approved proposed adjustments to the financial programme, as detailed in Section 7 and appendices 5a to 5d of the Financial Monitoring Report Period 8.

...to approve the appropriation of land at Farm Road Church, Elm Nursery Car Park, and Raleigh Gardens Car Park for planning purposes, and to delegate authority for the appropriation of land at Canons Place and the subsequent use of powers under Section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to the Executive Director of Housing and Sustainable Development.

...to directly award the Agency Worker Contract to Comensura Limited using the ESPO MSTAR4 framework for 12 months, from December 2025 to December 2026, at a cost of £20m, while a comprehensive options appraisal and procurement exercise for a new model are undertaken.

Cabinet awarded a new contract for security and support services to Bidder C on 17/05/2023. The contract covers various council properties and events for three years with a potential 12-month extension. Cabinet delegated the decision to award any extension to the Executive Director of Innovation & Change in consultation with the Cabinet Member.