Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Corporate Affairs and HR is attached.

Councillor Tahir Rafiq, Cabinet Member for Corporate Affairs and HR, presented the report which provided a detailed update on the implementation of the Transformation Strategy through the three programmes of work in the Let’s Do It! Strategy and the parallel digital strategy, and the ways in which the work has evolved since the launch of the Strategy in July 2021. Members discussed the report, noting the challenging context and the need for everyone to work together to set achievable targets and to ensure the Council realised them.

Decision:

Cabinet:

1.    Noted the delivery of planned activity against the three strands of the programme in 2022/23 and 2023/24;

2.    Endorsed work to deliver the remaining savings for 2023/24 including staff consultation where required;

3.    Recognised the savings achieved from the work to date, including the in-year mitigations;

4.    Approved the request to remove Procurement as a savings target to be removed from the Transformation Strategy, recognising that the £1m gap that this will create will be added to the overall financial gap of the Council which will be addressed as part of setting a balanced budget for 2023/24 and beyond; and

5.    Agreed that the programme is now re-defined into the respective workstreams of digital and estates transformation as proposed.

Reasons for the decision:

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Alternative options considered and rejected:

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