Councillor Margaret Gordon

Council - Setting of Council Tax and Local Business Rates 2025/26, Council - Wednesday 29 January 2025 7.00 pm

The agenda for this meeting is a mixture of local and national concerns, ranging from the appointment of new Councillors to positions on committees, to motions that are intended to bring national issues to the attention of the government.

Scrutiny Panel - Tuesday 28 January 2025 7.00 pm

The meeting included scheduled discussion of financial matters, specifically the Council's quarterly finance update, and an update on the Council's progress towards the net zero goals set out in its Climate Action Plan.

Pensions Committee - Wednesday 22 January 2025 6.30 pm

The meeting on 22 January 2025 was of the Pensions Committee. It was scheduled to involve training on the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a discussion of the Local Government Pension Scheme's 'Fit for the Future' consultation, an update from the Responsible Investment Working Group and the setting of objectives for the investment consultant.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Monday 13 January 2025 7.00 pm

The meeting discussed the welfare of children in temporary accommodation, the Young Futures Programme, and the Race and SEND Inclusion Charter, and confirmed that a letter had been sent to the Secretary of State for Education to set out concerns about the lack of regulation for unregistered educational settings. The commission also discussed the scope for a review of behaviour policies in Hackney schools.

Extraordinary, Council - Tuesday 17 December 2024 6.00 pm, NEW

This meeting of the full council was an extraordinary meeting called to discuss two appointments.