County Stephen Atkinson - Councillor for Lancashire

Councillor County Stephen Atkinson

Reform UK Leader of the County Council

Email: stephen.atkinson@lancashire.gov.uk

Council: Lancashire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Employment Committee (Chair) Cabinet (Chair) Lancashire Combined County Authority (Chair) Full Council (Committee Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

24 meetings · Page 1 of 5

Employment Committee Chair

Extraordinary Meeting, Employment Committee - Tuesday, 10th February, 2026 1.00 pm

February 10, 2026, 1:00 pm
Cabinet Chair

Cabinet - Thursday, 5th February, 2026 2.00 pm

February 05, 2026, 2:00 pm
Employment Committee POSTPONED Chair

Employment Committee - Tuesday, 27th January, 2026 2.30 pm

This meeting has been postponed.

January 27, 2026, 2:30 pm
Cabinet Chair

Cabinet - Thursday, 22nd January, 2026 2.00 pm

The Cabinet of Lancashire Council met on Thursday, 22nd January 2026, to discuss a range of important issues, including the future of cultural services, workforce equality, school place sufficiency, and highway safety. Key decisions included the approval of a revised terms of reference for a new Cabinet Working Group for Culture, the adoption of a new Fairness, Equality and Inclusion Workforce Framework, and significant decisions regarding school place provision in Preston.

January 22, 2026, 2:00 pm
Lancashire Combined County Authority Chair

Lancashire Combined County Authority - Tuesday, 16th December, 2025 4.00 pm

The Lancashire Combined County Authority is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, 16 December 2025 at County Hall, Preston.

December 16, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

99 decisions · Page 4 of 20

Report of the Cabinet (Part B)

From: Full Council - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 1.00 pm - November 20, 2025

...to approve the recommendations made by the Cabinet on 9 October 2025, which included approving the county council's Improvement Plan for 2025-27, an updated Direct Payments Policy, property strategy principles, governance arrangements to oversee Care Quality Commission improvement, the commencement of a review of in-house Provider Services within Adult Social Care, the Education Capital Strategy, interim expansion options for Preston secondary schools, the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Strategy 2025-28, Traffic Regulation Orders for Chorley and West Lancashire, and to seek Full Council approval of the Community Safety Agreement 2025-2028.

Recommendations Approved

Committee Appointment

From: Full Council - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 1.00 pm - November 20, 2025

...to replace County Councillor Ella Worthington, they approved the appointment of County Councillor Alice Jones as the new Deputy Chair of the Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee for the remainder of the 2025/26 municipal year.

Recommendations Approved

Updates to the County Council's Constitution

From: Full Council - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 1.00 pm - November 20, 2025

...to note the minor and/or corrective changes to the County Council's Constitution that had been approved by the Director of Law and Governance since the Annual General Meeting in 2025.

Recommendations Approved

Employment of the Executive Director of Adult Services and Statutory Director of Adult Social Services

From: Extraordinary Meeting, Employment Committee - Tuesday, 4th November, 2025 3.00 pm - November 04, 2025

...to secure the services of the Executive Director of Adult Services and Statutory Director of Adult Social Services under a fixed term contract until March 2028.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 24

Average per Month: 2.4

Decisions Recorded: 99