Issue - meetings
Poverty Commission - Chair's Overview and draft emerging recommendations
Meeting: 20/07/2020 - Cabinet (Item 7)
Poverty Commission
This report provides an overview of the findings of the Poverty Commission chaired by Chaired by Lord Richard Best, and outlines the draft emerging recommendations.
Pre meeting Update: Members are asked to that this item has been deferred for consideration at the Cabinet meeting on 7 September 2020.
Decision:
Cabinet NOTED that this item had been deferred for consideration at the Cabinet meeting on 7 September 2020 in order to enable advance consideration of the emerging findings and recommendations by the Council’s scrutiny function.
Minutes:
Following advice from Councillor Eleanor Southwood (Lead Member for Housing and Welfare Reform) Cabinet NOTED that the report from the Commission had been deferred, and were informed this was due to a desire for the emerging recommendations and draft report to first be considered through the scrutiny process. It was anticipated the report would be submitted to Cabinet in September for consideration.