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(i)                
That the receipt of Government feedback in relation
to the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent submissions of Interim
Plans for Local Government Reorganisation, be noted.
(ii)               
That it be noted that the Council will now further
engage with Government and Staffordshire Leaders through a meeting
separate to the Staffordshire Leaders Board.
(iii)             
That it be delegated to
the Chief Executive and Section 151 Officer, in consultation with
the Leader of the Council and the Portfolio Holder, Finance, Town
Centres & Growth,  to engage the
necessary support for the work on the local government
reorganisation, noting that the borough is not yet in receipt of
funding from Government to partially offset any costs accrued
and that the Council
continues to seek a fair allocation of this funding.
(iv)             
That  £200k to be
transferred from the Business Rates Reserve to the Budget Support
and Borrowing Fund in order to fund the work needed to submit the
Council’s final Local Government Reorganisation
Plan.
(v)              
That Newcastle-Under-Lyme’s Members of
Parliament be called upon  to support
the Borough’s resolutions as set out in the report to full
Council of 19th March 2025, and that they engage with
Government Ministers in stating the case for the
Borough.