1. That Cabinet considered and agreed the response to the Overview and

Scrutiny Commission;

2. That the Cabinet resolved that, having considered all of the information in

this report and noted the positive assurance statement given by the

Director of Corporate Services based on the proposed Council Tax

strategy, the maximum Council Tax in 2019/20, equating to a Band D

Council Tax of £1,227.82, which is an increase of below 5% be approved

and recommended to Council for approval.

3. That the Cabinet considered all of the latest information and the comments

from the scrutiny process, and makes recommendations to Council as

appropriate

4. That Cabinet resolved that the Business Plan 2019-23 including the

General Fund Budget and Council Tax Strategy for 2019/20, and the

Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) for 2019-2023 as submitted,

along with the draft Equality Assessments (EAs), be approved and

recommended to Council for approval subject to any proposed

amendments agreed at this meeting;

5. That the Cabinet resolved that, having considered all of the latest

information and the comments from the scrutiny process, the Capital

Investment Programme (as detailed in Annex 1 to the Capital Strategy);

the Treasury Management Strategy (Section 5), including the detailed

recommendations in that Section, incorporating the Prudential Indicators

and the Capital Strategy (Section 4) as submitted and reported upon be

approved and recommended to Council for approval, subject to any

proposed amendments agreed at this meeting;

6. That Cabinet noted that the GLA precept will not be agreed by the

London Assembly until the 25 February 2019, but the provisional figure

has been incorporated into the draft MTFS

7. That Cabinet requested officers to review the savings proposals agreed and where possible bring them forward to the earliest possible implementation date

8. That Cabinet noted that there may be minor amendments to figures in this

report as a result of new information being received after the deadline for

dispatch and that this will be amended for the report to Council in March.

9. That Cabinet considered and approved the Risk Management Strategy