To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 26 September 2012, and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 26 September 2012 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The Chairman explained that the Council had recently taken part in a ‘Peer Challenge’ where a team of senior officers and councillors from a variety of local authorities visited Havering to review the Council’s strategic direction and its leadership, corporate capacity and financial resilience.

The review group provided positive feedback,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 25.

Councillor Roger Ramsey, Cabinet Member for Value, introduced the report.

Over the course of the previous two years, the Council had agreed a package of savings to mitigate the impact of very significant cuts in central government funding to local authorities.

Government plans for radical changes to a number of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 26.

Councillor Steven Kelly, Cabinet Member for Individuals, introduced the report.

The report provided Members with an overview of the recently concluded domiciliary care tender process for which the top scoring twelve providers were recommended for inclusion in the new framework agreement.

The invitation to tender stated that twelve to fifteen  ...  view the full minutes text for item 27.

Councillor Roger Ramsey, Cabinet Member for Value, introduced the report.

It was reported that at various occasions over the last few years Cabinet approval had been given to the disposal of a number of Council owned sites that had been identified as surplus, either as a result of specific projects  ...  view the full minutes text for item 28.