Agenda
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FILMING AT MEETINGS Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.
The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council. |
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To receive apologies for absence |
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To ask the Mayor to consider the admission of any late items of business in accordance with Section 100B of the Local Government Act 1972 |
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Declarations of Interest A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct
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To receive such communications as the Mayor may lay before the Council |
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To receive the report of the Chief Executive |
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To receive the report of the Monitoring Officer and Head of Legal Services |
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To make appointments to Committees and Outside Bodies Report to follow. |
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To receive reports from the following bodies a) The Cabinet - Adoption of the Annual Youth Justice Plan b) Standards Committee – Amendments to the Constitution
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Improving Haringey's Housing Repairs Service - Liberal Democrat Debate |
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To consider requests to receive Deputations and/or Petitions and, if approved, to receive them |
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To answer questions, if any, in accordance with Council Rules of Procedure Nos. 9 & 10 1. Cllr Anna Lawton to Cllr Adam Jogee Can the Cabinet Member provide an update on the work being done to bring our communities together and tackle antisemitism and Islamophobia in the borough?
2. Cllr Rossetti to Cllr Arkell Given repeated upset from residents over the Council’s management of Finsbury Park - including problems with Tough Mudder, Wireless Festival and the Krankbrother event - what is the Council doing to ensure that any future events are less disruptive?
3. Cllr Cressida Johnson to Cllr Emily Arkell Can the Cabinet Member provide an update on the termination of the Council’s contract with Fusion LTD?
4 Cllr Connor to Cllr Das Neves Haringey Council has a policy not to lift vulnerable residents who have fallen. Introducing a lifting service would prevent a long lie on the floor for residents resulting in fewer hospital admissions; ease pressure on 999 emergency services; and provide self-funded residents additional value for the service. Are there plans to explore introducing a lifting service?
5. Cllr Nicola Bartlett to Cllr Zena Brabazon Can the Cabinet Member provide an update on the Council’s response to the RAAC in Haringey?
6. Cllr Barnes to Cllr Chandwani The Council has come under scrutiny in recent months for its use of bailiffs, with Acorn Haringey finding that initial claims of a 67% drop in bailiff use since 2019/20 were incorrect. With over 8,000 cases of council tax debt referred to bailiffs last year, concentrated in the borough’s most deprived areas, is it time to review the Council’s so-called Ethical Debt Collection Policy? |
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To consider the following Motions in accordance with Council Rules of Procedure No. 13 Motion D Proposer: Cllr das Neves Seconder: Cllr Simmons-Safo Crisis in the Social Care Sector This Council notes: Since 2010, Central Government’s funding to English local authorities has reduced by approximately 30% on average and investment in social care has not increased sufficiently to meet the demands we see of an ageing population and of people living with more serious and multiple conditions for longer. In addition, adult social care is facing further unprecedented challenges with its workforce recruitment and retention, alongside pressures from hospital discharge. Each day, the Council provides 3,500 adult residents with care and support, with an additional 1,000 residents requiring other types of input. This can cost anywhere from £120 up to £6,000 a week for our most vulnerable residents with complex needs. In the first quarter of 2023, an additional circa 300 adults were referred to Adult Social Care in Haringey. This number is increasing year on year and impacts our ability to properly fund their support. Nevertheless, it is our statutory duty to deliver this care. The adult social care sector has been greatly impacted by the interest rate hikes caused by the disastrous Truss government’s mini budget; the Government’s failure to tackle rising energy costs, and staff shortages exacerbated by failed migration policy and a lack of long-term investment in training, development, and retention. This Council believes: There is a crisis in the social care sector due to an absence of central government-led, long-term investment and an inadequate plan for the sector, its workforce, and support for local authorities and communities to deal with the demands on their services. The UK Government must urgently invest in and reform the social care sector, to enhance its ability to deal with future demand challenges; making social care more efficient and delivering the best and most dignified care by allowing users better access, and more choice and control over their support. The UK Government must focus away from remedial and acute services, towards community-centred preventative models of care, support, housing, and assistive technology to aid independent living; tackle isolation and loneliness; and enable communities to deal with issues such as mental health support. There is an urgent need to recruit and retain paid carers, support unpaid carers, and move the sector away from low pay, low recognition, and poor conditions, towards higher pay, better conditions and professional development, to end the workforce crisis currently facing the sector. Any funding and investment for social care needs to be focused on a long-term, 10-year plan rather than piecemeal ad hoc grants which do not address the wider and future challenges of increasing demand and complexity of residents’ needs, and prevent local authorities making long term plans. This Council resolves: To write to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to urge him to include a long-term funding plan for social care in the Autumn financial statement that focuses on enhancing the sectors’ ability to deal with the complex and increasing demand on these vital services for those in our ... view the full agenda text for item 14. Additional documents: |