RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet considered and agreed the draft Capital Programme 2022-2031 and referred it to the Overview and Scrutiny panels and Commission in January 2022 for consideration and comment.

2.    That the Cabinet noted the details set out in the Government’s Autumn Budget 2021 and Spending Review 2021.

The Chair announced that items 5 and 10 would be taken together at this stage of the meeting. For the purposes of the minutes these are minuted separately and in the order of the published agenda.

The Cabinet Member for Finance presented the report, thanking officers for their work. The Business Plan had been brought to the three scrutiny panels and was due to be taken to the Overview and Scrutiny Commission during the upcoming week along with the draft Capital programme if approved by Cabinet, with the next substantive update on the Business Plan due at the December meeting of Cabinet which would include savings proposals.

It was noted that the final settlement from Central Government would not be known until mid-December 2021, however the Council had already been advised that it would be able to levy a 1% Adult Social Care precept and it was expected that the Council Tax threshold would remain at 2%.

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet considered and agreed the draft Capital Programme 2022-2031 and referred it to the Overview and Scrutiny panels and Commission in January 2022 for consideration and comment.

2.    That the Cabinet noted the details set out in the Government’s Autumn Budget 2021 and Spending Review 2021.