Councillor Anthony Upton

Environment Overview and Scrutiny Panel - Monday, 1st December, 2025 10.00 am

The Environment Overview and Scrutiny Panel are scheduled to meet to discuss the Environment Act 2021, receive an update on the Net Zero Carbon Plan 2024-25, review performance and budget monitoring, and consider their work programme. The meeting will be held at Wychavon District Council in Pershore.

Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Panel - Thursday, 27th November, 2025 10.00 am

The Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Panel of Worcestershire Council were scheduled to meet on Thursday 27 November 2025 to discuss children and young people's emotional wellbeing and mental health services, performance and budget monitoring, and the panel's work programme. The meeting was due to take place at the Wychavon District Council in Pershore. During the meeting, councillors were expected to review performance data for education, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and social care.

Council - Thursday, 6th November, 2025 10.00 am

Worcestershire County Council met on 6 November 2025, and councillors primarily discussed the proposal for a single unitary authority in Worcestershire, the interim external auditor's report, and a recommendation to approve changes to the capital programme. The council also considered an amendment to the LGPS Central Shareholder Representative Delegation, and a number of notices of motion.

Environment Overview and Scrutiny Panel - Friday, 3rd October, 2025 10.00 am

The Environment, Overview and Scrutiny panel met to discuss flood risk management, performance and budget monitoring, and to refresh the scrutiny work programme. The panel received the Flood Risk Management Annual Report and heard from partner organisations about their work to manage flood risk in Worcestershire. The panel also discussed performance and budget monitoring information for services relating to the environment and agreed to some amendments to the scrutiny work programme for the coming year.

Waste Credit Governance Committee - Wednesday, 1st October, 2025 10.00 am

The Waste Credit Governance Committee met to review the financial performance and risks associated with the council's loan to Mercia Waste Management (MWM) for the Energy from Waste (EfW) plant in Hartlebury. The committee noted the technical update on the EfW plant reporting requirements, the risk register, and the work plan for the coming year, finding that all relevant financial ratios had improved and no new risks had been identified. The committee agreed that there were no matters of concern to report to the council.