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In a meeting lasting just under an hour, Cllr Phil Davies (Labour) was elected as the new Leader of Wirral Council. He announced the following Cabinet portfolios: Improvement and Governance/ Deputy Leader Cllr Ann McLachlan (Labour) Public Health & Social Care Cllr Anne McArdle (Labour) Housing and Community Safety Cllr George Davies (Labour) Children Services [...]

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Motion on Item 3 Projected Budget Proposed Cllr Steve Foulkes Seconded Cllr Phil Davies Cabinet recognises that, although the projected budget gap is diminishing, considerable work is still required to set a balanced budget in March. In order to avoid any undue delays as proposals are explored, Cabinet authorises the Chief Executive, in consultation with [...]

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Present: Cllr Steve Foulkes (Chair) (Finance and Best Value) Cllr Chris Meaden (Culture, Tourism and Leisure) Cllr Harry Smith (Streetscene & Transport Services) Cllr Ann McLachlan (Children’s Services & Lifelong Learning) Cllr Anne McArdle (Social Care & Inclusion) Cllr Jean Stapleton (Community & Customer Engagement) Cllr Adrian Jones (Corporate Resources) Cllr Phil Davies (Regeneration & [...]

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Cllr Foulkes moved the meeting on to the Policy Unit report. Jim Wilkie said he had been critical of the formation of a policy unit, but it would have to be at the heart of the decision making process. It would initially agree policies to be implemented. He was aware of the changes in circumstances, [...]

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Cllr Foulkes said the report raised two issues. The first would help feed into the corporate governance work program, the other issue was to do with the work stream which would have to bid into the Budget. Cllr Anne McArdle raised the issue of external customers, schools, what schools needs and school employment. Bill Norman [...]

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Cllr Ann McLachlan said they should not be diverted from their primary purpose or stretching too thin. She said they needed focus. Cllr Foulkes said to tell him what they wanted but it would have a direct effect on resource implications (which he said was not unique to Wirral Counci). Cllr Phil Davies said Jim [...]

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Cllr Harney said he agreed with all that, but he’d appreciate a flowchart with the key dates. He said the approach with reviews and milestones would be helpful as each stage was reached, this way he would know they were “all singing from the same hymn sheet”. Jim Wilkie agreed and said that in the [...]

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Cllr Foulkes said they had additional recommendations so that all councillors and all political parties were involved. He said they needed more work as part of a wider program specifically around councillor involvement at every stage. The Budget was serious and they would be putting resources in. The Cabinet committee agreed in principle to a [...]

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Ian Coleman, Director of Finance said he agreed with the comments except the last comment. They had closed the accounts on the 4th July. Complying with International Financial Reporting Standards had been a lot of work. He said that 75% in the North West had not achieved the 30th September deadline. He said it had [...]

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Item 8 and its appendix were considered next. Kevin Adderley said there was a change in 4.2 which refers to the Housing and Community Agency which they had been informed of yesterday. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills was taking forward the Green Infrastructure Framework but it was not confirmed yet. There would be [...]

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