This meeting was scheduled to discuss the recommendations made by the Budget Scrutiny Commission in 2023 and to consider draft recommendations for the 2025/2026 budget. The meeting was also scheduled to receive a report from the Budget Scrutiny In-Year Working Party.

Budget Scrutiny Commission Recommendations (2023/2024)

Councillors were scheduled to consider the progress on the implementation of the recommendations made by the Budget Scrutiny Commission 2023.

The Commission made fourteen recommendations to the Mayor and Cabinet in the Budget Scrutiny Commission 2023/2024 Recommendations document.

Amongst these recommendations, the Commission recommended that:

The Mayor and Cabinet: Make the following changes to the savings and growth proposals in the 2024/25 budget:

It went on to list a number of specific changes, including reversing proposed savings to Children's Centres and Active Centres.

It also recommended that the council:

Cease or pause the Newham Sparks Project in its entirety.

And that:

The Executive provide, within this public statement, provisional proposals and dates for resident and stakeholder engagement and an indicative timetable for budget consultation in the September preceding the financial year for the budget in question.

Budget Scrutiny Commission Recommendations (2024/2025)

The Committee were scheduled to consider draft recommendations by the Budget Scrutiny Commission concerning Newham Council's Draft Budget Proposals 2025/2026.

Report by the Budget Scrutiny In-Year Working Party

The Committee were scheduled to receive a report by the Budget Scrutiny In-Year Working Party.