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Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Monday 20 January 2025 10.30 am

January 20, 2025 View on council website

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Summary

This meeting was scheduled to receive an update from the council's Cabinet on the proposed budget for 2025-26.

The Council's Proposed Budget 2025-26

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee was scheduled to receive an update on the council's proposed budget for 2025-26.

The committee had previously received a report on 8 January 2025 on the proposed budget. This report - Policy and Resources Budget Setting Update 2025-26 - set out the council's proposed Policy and Resources Strategy for 2025-26, which would set the budget1. A timetable for the meeting shows that the committee was scheduled to hear from Councillor Cleo Soanes, the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services, and other officers, about the updated budget proposals2.


  1. Budgets set out how much money an organisation will have to spend in a given period of time, where that money will come from, and what it will be spent on. 

  2. You can see the report and the timetable here: Report Policy and Resources Budget Setting Update 2025-26 Cabinet report - 3 December 2024 080, Document Cabinet Member and Lead Officer Interviews - Timetable

Attendees

Profile image for Councillor Ian Wingfield
Councillor Ian Wingfield Labour • St Giles
Profile image for Councillor Irina Von Wiese
Councillor Irina Von Wiese Liberal Democrats • Borough & Bankside
Profile image for Councillor Suzanne Abachor
Councillor Suzanne Abachor Labour and Co-operative • Labour • Camberwell Green
Profile image for Councillor Cassandra Brown
Councillor Cassandra Brown Labour • South Bermondsey
Profile image for Councillor Victor Chamberlain
Councillor Victor Chamberlain Leader of the Majority Opposition • Liberal Democrats • Borough & Bankside
Profile image for Councillor Sam Foster
Councillor Sam Foster Leader of the Minority Opposition • Green • Faraday
Profile image for Councillor Laura Johnson
Councillor Laura Johnson Independent • Chaucer
Profile image for Councillor Richard Leeming
Councillor Richard Leeming (Labour and Co-operative) Deputy Cabinet Member for Sport and Leisure • Labour • Dulwich Village
Profile image for Councillor Margy Newens
Councillor Margy Newens (Labour and Co-operative) Deputy Cabinet Member for a Cleaner Southwark • Labour • Dulwich Village
Profile image for Councillor Catherine Rose
Councillor Catherine Rose Labour • Dulwich Wood
Profile image for Councillor Martin Seaton
Councillor Martin Seaton Labour • North Walworth

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Meeting Documents

Agenda

Supplemental Agenda No. 5 Monday 20-Jan-2025 10.30 Overview Scrutiny Committee
Supplemental Agenda No. 2 Monday 20-Jan-2025 10.30 Overview Scrutiny Committee
Supplemental Agenda No.1 Monday 20-Jan-2025 10.30 Overview Scrutiny Committee
Agenda frontsheet Monday 20-Jan-2025 10.30 Overview Scrutiny Committee
Supplemental Agenda No. 3 Monday 20-Jan-2025 10.30 Overview Scrutiny Committee
Supplemental Agenda No. 4 Monday 20-Jan-2025 10.30 Overview Scrutiny Committee

Reports Pack

Public reports pack Monday 20-Jan-2025 10.30 Overview Scrutiny Committee

Additional Documents

Video Link YouTube Monday 20-Jan-2025 10.30 Overview Scrutiny Committee