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Report attached, subject to consideration by Cabinet.

Amendment by Independent Residents’ Group NOT AGREED by 44 votes to 0 with 6 abstentions; amendment by Labour Group NOT AGREED by 27 votes to 7 with 16 abstentions; deemed motion on behalf of Administration AGREED by 36 votes to 3 with 10 abstentions.

A report of Cabinet presented to Council for endorsement the Local Government Association (LGA), Independent Race, Equality, Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion, (READI), Commissioned Review May 2021: Approval of Action Plan. The report focussed on the Council’s action plan in response to the READI review and addresses the LGA’s 15 priority improvement recommendations.

Deemed motion on behalf of the Administration

That the report be adopted and its recommendations carried into effect.

Amendment on behalf of the Independent Residents’ Group

Following debate, the amendment by Independent Residents’ Group was NOT AGREED (see division 4) by 44 votes to 0 with 6 abstentions (see division 4); the amendment by the Labour Group was NOT AGREED by 27 votes to 7 with 16 abstentions (see division 5) and the deemed motion on behalf of Administration was AGREED by 37 votes to 3 with 10 abstentions (see division 6).

It was RESOLVED:

That Council endorses the Cabinet report and action plan.

The action plan sets out a high level “what needs to be done”, and the timescales to achieve this.

Cabinet:

·       Agreed the high level action plan in Appendix B

·       Agreed the LGA’s READI report is published in its entirety

·       Will review progress against the action plan on a six monthly basis

·       Agreed this report goes to Full Council for their endorsement

·       Urged all Members to support the READI Programme

·       Will request the Overview and Scrutiny Board to consider progress against the action plan on a six month basis in line with the Scrutiny function

·       Agreed this review and subsequent programme, informs the borough-“Phase two”, Borough wide READI review planning.

Cabinet considered a report on the Local Government Association (LGA), Independent Race, Equality, Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion, (READI), Commissioned Review May 2021: Approval of Action Plan.

It was explained that in June 2021, the Leader of the Council committed to commissioning a proactive improvement independent review of race relations initially  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21