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This report provides an update on progress against the Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan, approved at Strategy & Resources Committee in July 2024 following the Peer Challenge in March 2024.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)       Note the progress against the actions set out within the Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan.

(2)       Note the amendment to the completion dates of the actions highlighted within the Action Plan as attached as Appendix 1 to the report.

(3)       Approve the Terms of Reference as attached as Appendix 2 to the report and confirm the Member Induction and Development Programme task & finish group.

(4)       Approve the Terms of Reference as attached as Appendix 3 to the report and confirm the task & finish group of members and officers to develop the corporate priorities into a five-year plan. 

The Committee received a report providing an update on progress against the Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan, approved at Strategy & Resources Committee in July 2024 following the Peer Challenge in March 2024.

The following matters were considered:

a)             Create capacity for strategic political and managerial leadership. In response to a question from a member, the Chief Executive informed the Committee that additional roles of Deputy Chief Executive and Assistant Director had been included in the role of existing staff. This had been introduced and announced to staff earlier in the day and that information would be provided to councillors in MembersNews. The relevant staff would receive a supplement to their base salary, which was covered within existing budgets due to savings from combining two posts.

b)             Strategic capacity – housing. In response to a question from a member, the Principal Programme Manager informed the Committee of the actions that had been undertaken to increase strategic capacity in the Housing Service, including the creation of a Strategic Housing Group.

c)             Delivery of actions. In response to a question from a member, the Principal Programme Manager informed the committee that the delivery of actions from the Action Plan was being monitored through the council’s P-hub software.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)       Note the progress against the actions set out within the Corporate Peer Challenge Action Plan.

(2)       Note the amendment to the completion dates of the actions highlighted within the Action Plan as attached as Appendix 1 to the report.

(3)       Approve the Terms of Reference as attached as Appendix 2 to the report and confirm the Member Induction and Development Programme task & finish group.

(4)       Approve the Terms of Reference as attached as Appendix 3 to the report and confirm the task & finish group of members and officers to develop the corporate priorities into a five-year plan.