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Members considered
a tabled report by Councillor Shantanu Rajawat.
 
Before addressing
the submitted report, Councillor Shantanu Rajawat, Leader of the
Council, announced that Councillor Ranjit Gill would be joining the
Labour Party from the Conservative Party. Councillor Gill was
welcomed to the Labour Group accompanied by a round of
applause.
 
It was then
 
RESOLVED –
 
That the following information on the Cabinet
for 2025/26 be noted:
 
 

Leader’s
Portfolio-Strategy, Resources and External Affairs
 
Councillor Shantanu
Rajawat
 

Strategy, Policy, Communications,
External Affairs, Performance Oversight and Risk
Financial Strategy
Capital Delivery and Treasury
Management
Governance & Legal
Commissioning, contracts and Local
Economy Digital and ICT
Lampton
360 Shareholder Interest
Workforce

 

Cabinet Member for
Assets, Regeneration and Development
 
Councillor Tom Bruce
(Deputy Leader)
 

Planning Policy and Strategy
Housing Development and Council
Housing Building Programme
Inclusive Economic Development
Regeneration
Estate Renewal and Regeneration
Property and Corporate Assets
(including investment portfolio)

 

Cabinet Member for
Adult Social Care, Public Health and Health Integration
 
Councillor Lily
Bath
 

Adult Social Services
(statutory)

Public Health
Health and Wellbeing 
Health Integration. ICB &
ICP
Migration and Asylum

 

Cabinet Member for
Education, Children, Skills and Employment
 
Councillor Samia
Chaudhary
 

Lead Member for Children’s
Social Care (statutory)
Education and Schools
Learning
Skills
Employment Strategy and Services for
residents
Young Persons Guarantee

 

Cabinet Member for
Environment and Climate Change
 
Councillor Katherine
Dunne
 

Transport Strategy (including Active
and Sustainable Travel)
Aviation Policy
Climate Emergency 
Net Zero Neighbourhoods
Environment Strategy and Policy
(including air quality)

 

Cabinet Member for
Residents Support, Communities and Equalities
 
Councillor Ajmer
Grewal
 

Community engagement and
consultation
Community Wealth Building and
Financial Inclusion
Community and Voluntary Sector
Resident Participation
Equal Opportunities and
Inclusion 
Community Solutions
Women’s services
Domestic Violence
Violence Against Women and
Girls

 

Cabinet Member for
Infrastructure, Recycling and Transformation
 
Councillor Shivraj
Grewal
 

Highways
Street Cleaning
Waste and Recycling Operations
Environmental Operations,
Performance and Quality
Transformation (One Hounslow)
Parking

 

Cabinet Member for
Housing Management and Homelessness
 
Councillor Sue
Sampson
 

Housing Strategy
Housing Management
Housing Repairs and maintenance
(including COALO Operations and Quality)
Estate Pride
Homelessness and Prevention
Services
(Single Front Door –
Prevention – linked to community solutions)

 

Cabinet Member for
Culture, Leisure and Public Spaces
 
Councillor Salman
Shaheen
 

Libraries, Registration, Arts,
Culture and Heritage
Parks (Including Greenspace 360
Operations)
Cemeteries
Allotments
Public Space Management
Leisure and Active Hounslow
(Including Lampton Leisure
Operations)
Food Policy

 

Cabinet Member for
Community Safety, Customer Experience and Enforcement
 
Councillor
Raghwinder Siddhu
 

Community Safety
Prevent & Protect UK
Community Cohesion
Neighbourhood Safety and
Partnerships
Regulatory Services
Criminal Justice System
Enforcement Strategy
Customer Services

 

 
Councillor Rajawat
also confirmed that he would appoint the following five members as
Cabinet Assistants for 2025/26:
 

Councillor
Mohammed Shakeel Akram
Councillor Madeeha
Asim
Councillor Tony
Louki
Councillor Kuldeep
Tak
Councillor Aysha
Tariq

 
The Cabinet
Assistants would be assisting the Cabinet with a number of projects as follows:
 
 
 

Name of Cabinet
Assistant

Project

Councillor Muhammed
Shakeel Akram

Voluntary Sector
– Social action / Volunteering
Helping to lead work on the Thriving
Communities Strategy which is committed to celebrating all the
different types of social action, as well as supporting
organisations looking for volunteers and helping individuals into
volunteering/ social action.

Councillor Madeeha
Asim

Carer’s
Offer
A key priority for Adults Services,
and one of the areas for development identified in the most recent
ASC inspection, but impacts across all
Council services.

Councillor Tony
Louki

Waste, Recycling and
Fly-Tipping
Increasing recycling and implementing
fly-tipping reforms and changing behaviours related to the
elimination of fly-tipping

Councillor Kuldeep
Tak

Community Safety
– Perception of Crime
Working with officers and the
Community Safety Partnership Board to make residents feel safe
across the borough.

Councillor Aysha
Tariq

Children’s
Safeguarding - Online harm / safety
Children’s Safeguarding
Partnership has identified ‘online harm/ safety’ as a
key priority this year and next (links to adults safeguarding).