Alfie Best - Councillor for Torfaen ( Pontnewynydd & Snatchwood)

Councillor Alfie Best

 Labour  Pontnewynydd & Snatchwood

Email: alfie.best@torfaen.gov.uk

Council: Torfaen

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Members Seminar (Committee Member) Planning Committee (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Education Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Committee Member) Joint Meeting of Children & Families and Education Overview & Scrutiny Committiee (Committee Member) Cross-Cutting Resources and Business Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Committee Member) Pensions Committee (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

92 meetings · Page 1 of 19

Education Overview & Scrutiny Committee Committee Member

Education Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 11th December, 2025 10.00 am

December 11, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Tuesday, 9th December, 2025 10.00 am

December 09, 2025
Members Seminar Committee Member

Homelessness Pressures & Response / Pwysau Digartrefedd ac Ymateb, Members Seminar - Monday, 8th December, 2025 2.00 pm

December 08, 2025
Planning Committee Committee Member

Planning Committee - Wednesday, 19th November, 2025 10.00 am

November 19, 2025
Cross-Cutting Resources and Business Overview & Scrutiny Committee Committee Member

Cross-Cutting Resources and Business Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 18th November, 2025 2.00 pm

November 18, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

120 decisions · Page 3 of 24

Draft Annual Report & Accounts 2024/25 & Audit Enquires of Management / Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon Drafft 2024/25 ac Ymholiadau Archwilio Rheolwyr

From: Pensions Committee - Monday, 6th October, 2025 10.00 am - October 06, 2025

... noted the Draft Audit Plan produced by Audit Wales, approved the responses provided to Audit Wales’s Enquiries of Management, and noted the draft Annual Report and Accounts for 2024/25, raising any questions on the contents as appropriate.

Recommendations approved

Administration Update / Diweddariad Gweinyddol

From: Pensions Committee - Monday, 6th October, 2025 10.00 am - October 06, 2025

...the Committee noted the administration update report, which included updates on the new My Pensions Online system, the 2025 triennial valuation, cyber security, an internal audit, McCloud remedy implementation, the Pension Dashboard project, and Pension Awareness Week.

Recommendations Approved

Elected Member Training / Hyfforddiant Aelodau Etholedig

From: Pensions Committee - Monday, 6th October, 2025 10.00 am - October 06, 2025

...to note the annual training programme and consider any specific training areas or topics for inclusion.

Recommendations Approved

Wales Pension Partnership (WPP) Update / Diweddariad ar Bartneriaeth Pensiynau Cymru (PPC)

From: Pensions Committee - Monday, 6th October, 2025 10.00 am - October 06, 2025

...the Pensions Committee noted the content of the Wales Pension Partnership (WPP) update report and its appendices, which included information on the Joint Governance Committee (JGC) meeting, operator updates, and the progress of Project Snowdon.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 92

Average per Month: 3.8

Decisions Recorded: 120