Medium Term Financial Strategy 2025/26 to 2028/29
Full council, 27 February 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 43, Against 6, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (43)
- Amrik Jhawar (Labour)
- Andy Burford (Labour)
- Angela McClements (Labour)
- Arnold England (Labour)
- Carolyn Healy (Labour)
- Corrine Chikandamina (Labour)
- Derek White (Labour)
- Eileen Callear (Labour)
- Elise Davies (Labour)
- Erin Aston (Labour)
- Fiona Doran (Labour)
- Giles Luter (Labour)
- Graham Cook (Labour)
- Helena Morgan (Labour)
- Hilda Rhodes (Labour)
- Ian Preece (Labour)
- Janice Jones (Labour)
- Julie Kaur (Labour)
- Kelly Middleton (Labour)
- Luke Lewis (Labour)
- Lyndsey Parker (Labour)
- Mark Boylan (Labour)
- Nathalie Page (Labour)
- Ollie Vickers (Labour)
- Paul Davis (Labour)
- Raj Mehta (Labour)
- Ranbir Sahota (Labour)
- Richard Overton (Labour)
- Stephen Handley (Labour)
- Zona Hannington (Labour)
- Karen Blundell (Liberal Democrats)
- Karen Tomlinson (Liberal Democrats)
- Kim Tonks (Liberal Democrats)
- Sarah Syrda (Liberal Democrats)
- Thomas Janke (Liberal Democrats)
- Jenny Urey (Independent)
- Paul Thomas (Independent)
- Peter Scott (Independent)
- B J Thompson (not matched to a member)
- L D Cater (not matched to a member)
- S A W Reynolds (not matched to a member)
- S J Reynolds (not matched to a member)
- W L Tomlinson (not matched to a member)
Against (6)
- Andrew Eade (Conservative)
- Gareth Thomas (Conservative)
- Rachael Tyrrell (Conservative)
- Stephen Burrell (Conservative)
- Steve Bentley (Conservative)
- Tim Nelson (Conservative)
From the minutes
ld go to vulnerable children and adults. In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Amendment) Regulations 2014, a recorded vote was taken on the recommendations as follows: For (43) Councillors E Aston, K T Blundell, M Boylan, A J Burford, E Callear, L D Cater, C Chikandamina, G H Cook, E Davies, P Davis, F Doran, A England, S Handley, Z Hannington, C Healy, T Janke, A Jhawar, J Jones, J Kaur, L Lewis, G Luter, A D McClements, R Mehta, K Middleton, H Morgan, R A Overton, N Page, L Parker, I Preece, S A W Reynolds, S J Reynolds, H Rhodes, R Sahota, P J Scott, S Syrda, P Thomas, B J Thompson, K Tomlinson, W L Tomlinson, K Tonks, J Urey, O Vickers and D R W White Against (6) Councillors S Bentley, S P Burrell, A J Eade, T J Nelson, G Thomas and R Tyrrell. Abstain (0) RESOLVED – that: a) the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for 2025/26 to 2028/29 and the budget framework for 2025/26 set out in this suite of reports be approved; b) a council tax increase of 4.99% for 2025/26 including the Government's 2% Adult Social Care precept, equivalent to £0.69 per week general council tax increase for the average Band B property and £0.46 per week for the ASC precept, which will be fully invested in the provision of social care services for the most vulnerable members of our community be approved; c) the net investment of £7.7m into Adult Social Care in 2025/26 be approved; d) the budget savings listed on Appendix 10 totalling £13m in 2025/26 and £11.8m ongoi
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