Issue - meetings

To consider the Minutes of the previous meeting.

That the Minutes of the meeting held on the 9 January, 2025 be agreed as a correct record and the Leader provided Cabinet with an update on local Government Reorganisation.

The Leader provided a verbal update on the urgent business item 10 of the minutes of the previous meeting pertaining to the Devolution Local Government Reorganization white paper.

A number of recommendations had been put forward and agreed by Cabinet before being referred to Full Council who backed them up by 25 to 15 votes. Actions had come out including a petition that was now approaching almost 2,000 signatories in less than a week.

The Leader had also written to the Local Government Minister to press the case for the existing devolution proposals issued by the Staffordshire Leaders Board in September 2024 as a way of delivering devolution without the unnecessary cost and disruption of local government reorganization.

Resolved:    That the minutes of the meeting held on 9^th January 2025 be agreed as a true and accurate record.

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