Councillor County Simon Gummer

...to replace County Councillor Ella Worthington, they approved the appointment of County Councillor Alice Jones as the new Deputy Chair of the Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee for the remainder of the 2025/26 municipal year.

...to approve the recommendations made by the Cabinet on 9 October 2025, which included approving the county council's Improvement Plan for 2025-27, an updated Direct Payments Policy, property strategy principles, governance arrangements to oversee Care Quality Commission improvement, the commencement of a review of in-house Provider Services within Adult Social Care, the Education Capital Strategy, interim expansion options for Preston secondary schools, the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Strategy 2025-28, Traffic Regulation Orders for Chorley and West Lancashire, and to seek Full Council approval of the Community Safety Agreement 2025-2028.

...to note the report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees, encompassing the Children, Families and Skills Committee meeting of 22 October 2025 and the Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Committee meeting of 23 October 2025, and to approve the recommendations made within those committees.

...to approve the recommendations from the Audit, Risk and Governance Committee meeting held on 13 October 2025, including noting the External and Internal Audit Progress Reports, approving the Risk Management Strategy, approving the Corporate Risk and Opportunity Register, and approving the RIPA Policy and Annual Report.