Agenda and decisions

Cabinet approval was given to hold a consultation on the Education Transport Policy (Draft).

To accept and approve the Procurement Strategy 2026 – 2031 (Appendix 1).

To grant the Head of Corporate Services the authority to make operational adjustments to the Strategy as the need arises to ensure compliance with statutory guidance (such as the statutory guidance of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act).

Resolved:

To adopt the revised Whistleblowing Policy for staff set out in Appendix 1.

That the Whistleblowing Policy for staff is presented to the Governance and Audit Committee at the first opportunity in order to receive observations on the recommended procedure.

To complete a review of the existing arrangements to enable Councillors to raise concerns, including an independently where necessary, and that the review is carried out in partnership with the Protect organisation and in consultation with Councillors. ⁠

To approve additional financial support above the contractual payment to Cwmni Byw'n Iach to be funded from the transformation fund, delegating the right to the Cabinet Member for Economy in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, the Chief Executive and the Head of Finance to agree on the amount of the final financial support above the contractual payment with Byw'n Iach at the end of the financial year. Based on the current review, it is estimated that the value of the support will be £295k.

To approve a transfer of £3.365 million of underspend on corporate budgets to the Council's Financial Strategy Support Fund, to be used at the end of the financial year to fund the overspend faced by the departments.

To approve the financial virements as outlined in Appendix 3 following a review of the 2024/25 Council Tax Premium, with a transfer of £2.089 million from the Financial Strategy Support Fund to the Council Tax Premium Fund.

To accept the report on the end of November review (30 November 2025 position) of the capital programme.

To approve the following revision to the Capital Budget, approved on 6 March 2025 and revised on 11 November 2025, from the programme’s financing perspective (as shown in part 3.2.3 of the report), that is: 

- a decrease of £7,544,000 in the use of borrowing

- an increase of £2,660,000 in the use of grants and contributions

- an increase of £103,000 in the use of revenue contributions

- a decrease of £2,387,000 in the use of the capital reserve

- an increase of £6,364,000 in the use of renewal and other reserves.

To accept the information in the report and to note the progress towards realising the savings schemes for 2025/26 and previous years.