Budget Framework 2026/27 and Medium Term Financial Strategy 2026/27 to 2030/31
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 35, Against 4, 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 (35)
- Adegboyega Oluwole (Labour)
- Cameron Geddes (Labour)
- Dominic Twomey (Labour)
- Dorothy Akwaboah (Labour)
- Edna Fergus (Labour)
- Elizabeth Kangethe (Labour)
- Faraaz Shaukat (Labour)
- Giasuddin Miah (Labour)
- Hardial Singh Rai (Labour)
- Harriet Spoor (Labour)
- Irma Freeborn (Labour)
- Jack Shaw (Labour)
- Jane Jones (Labour)
- John Dulwich (Labour)
- Josie Channer (Labour)
- Julia Williams (Labour)
- Kashif Haroon (Labour)
- Lucy Lee (Labour)
- Manzoor Hussain (Labour)
- Maureen Worby (Labour)
- Michel Pongo (Labour)
- Mohammed Khan (Labour)
- Muazzam Sandhu (Labour)
- Muhammad Saleem (Labour)
- Muhib Chowdhury (Labour)
- Paul Robinson (Labour)
- Princess Bright (Labour)
- Regina Rahman (Labour)
- Rubina Siddiqui (Labour)
- Sade Bright (Labour)
- Saima Ashraf (Labour)
- Simon Perry (Labour)
- Summya Sohaib (Labour)
- Syed Ghani (Labour)
- Val Masson (Labour)
Against (4)
- Faruk Choudhury (Green)
- Moin Quadri (Green)
- Victoria Hornby (Green)
- Lynda Rice (Conservative)
From the minutes
good quality, new and affordable accommodation. In accordance with paragraph 10.3.2 of Part 2, Chapter 3 of the Council Constitution, the budget was put to a recorded vote and was agreed as follows: For: Councillors Akwaboah, Ashraf, P Bright, S Bright, Channer, Chowdhury, Dulwich, Fergus, Freeborn, Geddes, Ghani, Haroon, Hussain, Jones, Kangethe, Khan, Lee, Masson, Miah, Oluwole, Perry, Pongo, Rahman, Rai, P Robinson, Saleem, Sandhu, Shaukat, Shaw, Siddiqui, Sohaib, Spoor, Twomey, Williams and Worby (35) Against: Councillors Choudhury, Hornby, Quadri and L Rice (4) Abstain: None (0) The Assembly resolved to: (i) Agree that the amount of Council Tax (Band D equivalent) shall increase by 4.99%, inclusive of the Adult Social Car
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