CABINET MEMBER QUESTIONS - Leader of the Council
Verbal Update.
Minutes:
The Committee received a verbal update from Cllr Ahmet, the Leader of the Council, on her priorities for the next municipal year. This was followed by a questions and answer session with the Committee. The Chief Executive, Andy Donald was also present for this agenda item. The Leader set out her priorities which are summarised below:
The Haringey Deal was about how the Council would get things done and some of the key aspects of this were identified as:
The Corporate Delivery Plan was described as the ‘what’ and this turned the manifesto into a set of tangible deliverables with dates and names attached to it. Some of the key aspects of this were around getting the basics right in the back office including HR, Finance, IT Procurement and reducing agency staff.
The Leader set out the key achievements of her administration:
· Cost of living – the Here to Help campaign and the fact that the Council did its upmost to support people as part of the cost-of-living crisis.
· Children’s social care has been rated good by Ofsted. The Leader characterised this as a watershed moment for Haringey and that the Council would be looking to build on this and achieve an outstanding rating going forward.
· The SEND Safety Valve programme.
· Haringey Learns was awarded a good rating by Ofsted.
· Supporting Communities in crisis. The Leader advised that she had personally met with a number of communities across Haringey, ... view the full minutes text for item 84