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Public Accounts Select Committee - Tuesday, 10th March, 2026 7.30 pm
The Public Accounts Select Committee met on Tuesday 10 March 2026 to review the council's financial performance for Period 9, discuss the IT and Digital Programme, and reflect on the committee's work over the past four years. Key decisions included noting t...
Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 29th January, 2026 7.30 pm
The Public Accounts Select Committee met on 29 January 2026 to discuss the council's budget for 2026-27, which included a proposed 4.99% increase in Council Tax. The committee also reviewed the council's work programme for the remainder of the municipal year.
Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm
The Public Accounts Select Committee met to discuss the council's financial performance, income collection strategies, and risk management. Councillors reviewed the period six monthly monitoring report, focusing on areas of overspend and potential risks, an...
Public Accounts Select Committee - Wednesday, 17th September, 2025 7.30 pm
The Public Accounts Select Committee met on 17 September 2025, and discussed the Period 4 Monitoring Report, the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget for 2025-26, and Council Tax and Business Rates, noting the reports and planned actions. The committee also...
Public Accounts Select Committee - Wednesday, 25th June, 2025 7.00 pm
The Public Accounts Select Committee met to discuss the council's financial performance, savings proposals, and future work programme. The agenda included reviewing the 2024-25 financial outturn, discussing the medium-term financial strategy, considering bu...
Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 3rd April, 2025 7.00 pm
The Public Accounts Select Committee was scheduled to meet on Thursday, 3 April 2025, to discuss financial monitoring, the 'No Wrong Front Door' programme, a digital strategy update, and the committee's work programme. The meeting was also scheduled to incl...
Public Accounts Select Committee - Tuesday, 28th January, 2025 7.00 pm
This meeting was about the budget for Lewisham Council in the 2025-26 financial year and included a report from officers outlining the proposed budget and the council tax levels for the coming financial year. Alongside this, there were also reports on the ...
Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 28th November, 2024 7.00 pm
The Public Accounts Select Committee met on Thursday 28 November 2024 to discuss budget reductions and financial monitoring. The committee approved recommendations for budget reductions, noting that less than half of the required savings had been identified...
Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 26th September, 2024 7.00 pm
The Public Accounts Select Committee reviewed the council's financial monitoring and social care commissioning, making recommendations to Mayor and Cabinet on both. The committee also agreed its work programme for the upcoming meeting on 28 November.
Public Accounts Select Committee - Tuesday, 9th July, 2024 7.00 pm
POSTPONED
This meeting has been postponed.
This Committee looks at how the Council manages and uses money. It can:
· Review the way Council managers make decisions about spending money
· Challenge the Council to use the most effective means of managing money
· Examine and challenge the Council’s plans for spending over the whole year (its budget)
· Recommend ways to improve the Council’s processes for buying goods and services (and for managing services to get the best value)
· Listen to the views of the Council’s Audit Panel and challenge it to do its best work. The Committee chooses the issues it wants to focus on each year and holds five meetings, which are open to the public. The agenda and papers for each meeting are published online in advance.
