Agenda

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To receive a report on change to the  political composition and appointments to Committees 2025/26.  Report to follow

a)    Standards Committee – Report to follow.

1.Cllr Connor to Cllr Carlin

Could you confirm the level of exceptional financial support Haringey was forced to draw down at the end of the last financial year, and how any support was composed in terms of loans and capital receipts?

2.Cllr Dunstall to Cllr Williams

Could the Cabinet Member share more about the Council’s £570m investment in refurbishing our council homes?

3.Cllr Cawley-Harrison to Cllr Arkell

Residents who use Park Road Leisure Centre feel that communication from the centre is below expectations - the recent closure for planned works with a week’s notice being the most obvious example - and that they are not being listened to, such as on longstanding requests for longer lido hours and more family swim sessions from Spring through to Autumn. Can you confirm what work is being done to improve relations and communication with centre users, and on plans for extending the lido provision?

4.Cllr Gunes to Cllr Ovat

Could the Cabinet Member explain how the Council, through its Community Networks, is supporting and listening to our many diverse communities in Haringey?

5.Cllr da Costa to Cllr Chandwani

Fly tipping is becoming a huge problem in Queen’s Wood, with more than 20 large-scale incidents in the past year. With the perpetrators now causing ecological damage by dumping in the wood itself, will Haringey take proper, sustained enforcement action to catch the perpetrators, and commit to bringing in CCTV?

6.Cllr Brennan to Cllr Brabazon

The Government recently expanded the Free School Meals programme to all children in households on Universal Credit, ensuring an additional 17,000 school children in Haringey can continue learning on a full stomach. Could the Cabinet Member share how the Council is also supporting schools and children to access Free School Meals?

7.Cllr Mason Cllr das Neves

Research shows how vital it is to reduce isolation and increase opportunities for exercise and healthy eating. Working with the voluntary and community sector is key to delivery and to increasing resources. This is only possible with accessible premises in all neighbourhoods. Using Wards as ‘neighbourhoods’, please can you identify which wards have accessible free space which can be used to develop community and early intervention activities.

8.Cllr Small to Cllr Chandwani

Could the Cabinet Member provide an update on how the Council is progressing on its corporate delivery plan commitment to make all roads in Haringey a maximum of 20mph?

9.Cllr Amin to Cllr Hakata

As the impact of climate change takes hold and weather patterns become more erratic, greening our urban spaces becomes increasingly urgent. Could the Cabinet Member outline what the Council has done to deliver urban greening in Haringey?

Motion A

Title: Recognising the Latin American community in Haringey

Proposer: Cllr Ruth Gordon

Seconder: Cllr Ajda Ovat

This council notes that:

·       The Latin American community is one of London’s fastest growing and is among the largest non-UK born populations.

·       Latin American is used to define an ethnic group encompassing people from countries in North, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean, who share common cultural, historical, and linguistic roots.

·       It is a highly diverse community, comprising people from many different countries and migration statuses, and UK-born second-generation or first-generation local descendants.

·       The Latin American community in Haringey has grown significantly over the past decade. Haringey ranked 6th in London for Latin American population according to the 2011 Census. By 2021, this number had more than doubled to 10,012 residents, making Haringey the third borough for Latin American population in London - after Lambeth and Southwark.

·       Latin Americans are not recognised as an official ethnic category in the UK Census, and are routinely placed in the “Other” ethnic group, resulting in statistical invisibility.

·       Despite high rates of education and employment, Latin Americans face low pay and workplace exploitation. 70% earn less than the London Living Wage and they are concentrated in low-paid sectors, particularly cleaning, hospitality and care work.

·       Lack of monitoring makes it more difficult to understand the take-up, targeting and effectiveness of public services. During Covid-19, Latin Americans were excluded from national monitoring.

·       Other London boroughs, including Lambeth, Southwark, Islington, Hackney and Newham, and the Greater London Authority, have officially recognised Latin Americans and include the category in ethnicity monitoring.

·       We are proud of and grateful for the contributions made to our local workforce, cultural sector, and community and civic infrastructure by residents from a range of Latin American backgrounds.

·       The contribution of the Latin American community in Haringey is particularly evident at the Seven Sisters Market. Otherwise known as ‘Latin Village’, the Market plays a strong role in Tottenham’s identity and history and has a unique economic, social and cultural value for Latin Americans across London and the diverse communities that live and work in Tottenham.

·       This Council believes that:

·       Residents from across Latin America have made Haringey their home in increasing numbers and play a valuable and welcome role in the borough.

·       Low pay and workplace exploitation contribute to multiple challenges for Latin Americans, including child poverty, housing insecurity, poor mental and physical health and barriers to public services, especially for families and carers.

·       Poor access to translated information, limited engagement from some public services, and language barriers severely affected outcomes during Covid-19 and continues to do so in other areas.

·       Inclusion of Latin American as a category in the monitoring forms of the Council and its partner organisations will help ensure services are appropriate and effective.

·       National recognition of Latin Americans, particularly by the Office of National Statistics, would ensure effective comparison across public agencies.

·       The re-opening of the Seven Sisters Market is a significant moment for the community, Council and Borough, and  ...  view the full agenda text for item 12.