Councillor Sarah Cole

Pensions Committee - Wednesday 30 July 2025 6.30 pm

The Lambeth Council Pensions Committee met to discuss the fund's performance, risk management, and future strategy, including noting the actuarial assumptions for the 2025 valuation, which will influence employer contribution rates. The committee also reviewed the general administration and governance of the Lambeth Pension Fund.

Council - Wednesday 16 July 2025 7.00 pm

The Lambeth Council meeting on 16 July 2025 addressed several key issues, including a response to the Supreme Court judgment on sex and gender, tackling child poverty, and reviewing various committee reports. Councillors also debated the allocation of seats on committees following a recent by-election.

Corporate Parenting Board - Wednesday 9 July 2025 6.00 pm

Children's Services Scrutiny Sub-Committee - Tuesday 8 July 2025 7.00 pm

The Children's Services Scrutiny Sub-Committee met to discuss special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision, elective home education, and to receive an Ofsted update. The sub-committee agreed to receive an update on the results of the annual families survey and report back at the next milestone, to include awareness of the process of elective home education in the corporate safeguarding training, and to circulate a breakdown of the demographic data in relation to children who were electively home educated and the reasonings parents provided for electively home educating their children. The sub-committee also agreed to note the content of the Ofsted update report and that the pupil place planning report scheduled for October include an update on the lessons learned from the school adjudicators decision.

Pensions Committee - Wednesday 14 May 2025 6.30 pm

The Lambeth Council Pensions Committee convened to discuss key performance indicators, risk management, training, and investment strategies for the Lambeth Pension Fund. The committee reviewed the Pension Administration Performance report, the Risk Register, and the Investment Performance Report, and also examined the Business Plan and Training Policy for the coming year. Councillor Martin Tiedemann was appointed Vice-Chair of the Committee.