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Annual Governance Statement for 2024/25 and Action Plan for 2025/26

 

 

Meeting: 26/06/2025 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 74)

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Purpose:

This report provides the Audit Committee with an updated Annual Governance Statement for 2024/25 and an Annual Governance Action plan for 2025/26.

 

Recommendation(s):

That the Audit and Governance Committee:

1.         Approve the 2024/25 Annual Governance Statement and Action Plan 2025/26 for sign off by the Chief Executive and the Leader of the Council.

2.         Agree to receive updates on progress against the key actions at future meetings.

 

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Minutes:

The purpose of the report was to provide the Audit and Governance Committee with an updated Annual Governance Statement for 2024/25 and an Annual Governance Action Plan for 2025/26.

 

Cheryl Sloan, Business Manager for Governance, Risk and Business Continuity, introduced the report and highlighted the following points:

 

  • The Annual Governance Statement for 2024/25 was a backward-looking document, that set out the controls that were in place to ensure good governance at the Council.
  • The Annual Governance Action Plan for 2025/26 was a forward-looking document, that looked at the areas in which improvement could be made in the financial year. The document included the previous year’s Action Plan and the progress made on the plan.
  • There were eight key actions in the plan, including three carried over from the previous year. It was noted that progress had been made on the carried over actions.
  • Progress on the Annual Governance Action Plan for 2025/26 would be brought to future Committee meetings.

 

Councillor Carl Rylett proposed approving the recommendations as set out in the report. This proposal was seconded by Councillor Sandra Simpson, was put to the vote and agreed by the Committee.

 

Resolved:

That the Audit and Governance Committee:

1.    Approved the 2024/25 Annual Governance Statement and Action Plan 2025/26 for sign off by the Chief Executive and the Leader of the Council.

2.    Agreed to receive updates on progress against the key actions at future meetings.

 

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