Issue - meetings

The Council’s Code of Corporate Governance - ‘the Code’ - was updated and brought to the Committee in November 2024. The Code sets out the principles of good governance, and the arrangements the Council has in place to demonstrate its compliance with them. As part of best practice, the Code is reviewed annually by officers and submitted to the Audit and Scrutiny Committee. Attached at Appendix 1 is an updated Code, representing changes since last year’s edition.

The Council’s Code of Corporate Governance - ‘the Code’ - was updated and brought to the Committee in November 2024. The Code sets out the principles of good governance, and the arrangements the Council has in place to demonstrate its compliance with them. As part of best practice, the Code is reviewed annually by officers and submitted to the Audit and Scrutiny Committee. Attached at Appendix 1 is an updated Code, representing changes since last year’s edition.

The following matter was considered:

a)    Standards. A Member asked about whether in the light of reorganisation that there could be any scaling back of the workload and there was the Standards and Constitution Committee where work could be scaled back – or is this something the council will have to continue. The Corporate Governance and Strategic Manager explained that the council would need to remain compliant up until it merges to a new authority.  Therefore, all policies and other key documents would continue to be reviewed.  With regards to the work of Standards and Constitution Committee a written response would be sought from the Chair of that committee following this meeting.

Following consideration the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)       Note the updated Code of Corporate Governance attached at Appendix 1.