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• Revenue Budget & Precept 2026/27 and Capital Programme for 2026/27 to 2028/29

  Recommendations Approved

  ...approved the revenue budget, capital programme, savings proposals, precept, and council tax for 2026/27, recommending a 4.99% council tax increase to the County Council.

• Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2025 - Let's Call Time on Alcohol Harm

  Recommendations Approved

  ...noted the Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2025, "Let's Call Time on Alcohol Harm," and endorsed its ambitions to raise awareness and reduce barriers to alcohol treatment and support through prevention, enhanced services, integrated screening, policy adjustments, and stigma reduction.

• Community Safety Group Annual Report

  Recommendations Approved

  ...noted the progress made in delivering community safety duties, endorsed the continued multi-agency approach to tackling key issues, and acknowledged the presentation of the annual report.

• Constitutional Changes

  Recommendations Approved

  ...approved recommendations for changes to Executive Portfolios and recommended amended terms of reference for the County Council's scrutiny committees to the County Council for approval.

• Health and Wellbeing Board Membership

  Recommendations Approved

  ...approved the revised composition of the Health and Wellbeing Board, endorsing the appointment of representatives from the University of Winchester and the Department of Work and Pensions, and the removal of Frimley ICB.

• HCC Care and Support Services (Older Adults) - Residential and Nursing Strategy Update

  Recommendations Approved

  ...the Cabinet endorsed the continued commitment to HCC Care Homes through refurbishment and planned investment, while noting the indefinite halt of the financially unsound CHIP programme.

• Quarter 3 (end of November) financial update 2025/26

  Recommendations Approved

  ...approved the Quarter 3 financial update for 2025/26, noting a forecast underspend of £37.8m which reduces the draw on the Budget Bridging Reserve, while acknowledging the budget remains unbalanced on a recurrent revenue basis.

• Section 25 Report from the Chief Financial Officer

  Recommendations Approved

  ...recommended a 14.99% Council Tax rise, which is 10% above the referendum limit and would trigger a referendum, to ensure adequate reserves for the 2026/27 and 2027/28 financial years.

Attendees

Councillor Nick Adams-King Leader of the Council Conservatives · Romsey Rural

Jan Warwick Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Hampshire 2050 - Finance Conservatives

Councillor Roz Chadd Conservatives · Farnborough South

Councillor Steve Forster Conservatives · Fleet Town

Councillor Zoe Huggins BEM Conservatives · Leesland & Town

Councillor Stephen Reid Conservatives · Basingstoke South West

Councillor Kirsty North Conservatives · Andover North

Lulu Bowerman Conservatives

Liz Fairhurst Conservatives

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