Councillor John Woolf

... to agree the proposed Medium-Term Financial Strategy and 2025/26 budget, including underlying principles, in-year monitoring, and assumptions, and to recommend them to Full Council, along with proposed net budgets by directorate, savings, fee increases for parking permits, commercial waste, cemeteries and fixed penalty notices, delegation of technical adjustments to the Section 151 Officer, allocation of centrally held demographic growth, the Minimum GF Balance and Earmarked reserves level, the balanced Housing Revenue Account, the capital programme, and calculations for the 2025/26 council tax requirement.

...to proceed with the closure of Highbury Quadrant Primary School by approving the issuance of a statutory notice, with the school's closure scheduled for August 31, 2025, following a consultation.

...to agree in principle to appropriate land at Finsbury Leisure Centre for planning purposes, and subject to scheme approval and a business case, to authorise the Corporate Director to appropriate the land when no longer required for its current purpose, settle rights claims, and note potential compensation liabilities.

...to approve the coordinated schemes, timetables, policies, oversubscription criteria, and admission numbers for Islington community primary and secondary schools, academies, and Highbury Fields Sixth Form for the 2026-2027 academic year.

...to proceed with the closure of St Jude and St Paul’s Church of England Primary School by approving the issue of a statutory notice for its closure on 31 August 2025, following a consultation.