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DRAFT CORPORATE PEER CHALLENGE REVISIT REPORT 2023

 

 

Meeting: 16/01/2024 - Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee (Item 9)

9 Draft Corporate Peer Challenge Revisit Report 2023 pdf icon PDF 238 KB

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

 

The report sets out the findings of the November 2022 Local Government Association (LGA) Corporate Peer Challenge which involved officer and councillor peers from across the sector reviewing Council services and functions through constructive and respectful challenge.

 

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to note the final revisit report from the LGA following the Corporate Peer Challenge Revisit and make comments and recommendations based on the findings

 

Officer contact: Kathryn Rees on 0161 474 3174 or email kathryn.rees@stockport.gov.uk

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Director of Strategy submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the findings of the November 2022 Local Government Association (LGA) Corporate Peer Challenge which involved officer and councillor peers from across the sector reviewing Council services and functions through constructive and respectful challenge.

 

The Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources (Councillor Jilly Julian) attended the meeting to respond to councillors’ questions.

 

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

 

·         Members thanked all involved for their work and effort on the peer challenge and welcomed the positive outcome.

·         The peer team had identified neighbourhood working as an area which required strengthening and, as a result, the development of a neighbourhood model was underway. This involved the neighbourhood intervention programme which looked at work within place and community. Improvements were also being made in relation to Member engagement and, consequently, a report on the Neighbourhoods and Prevention Programme would be coming to the next round of Area Committees, along with a council briefing.

·         Scenario modelling had been undertaken for the Budget Council to test various scenarios related to inflation in order to gauge various financial positions.

 

RESOLVED – That the final revisit report from the LGA following the Corporate Peer Challenge Revisit be noted.