Decision details
Minutes of the Economic Recovery, Regeneration and Housing Working Party held Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decision:
The Cabinet considered the recommendations of the Economic Recovery, Regeneration and Housing Working Party held 2nd November 2022, concerning actions related to the cost-of-living emergency.
Resolved:
That the recommendations of the Economic Recovery, Regeneration and Housing Working Party concerning cost-of-living emergency set out below, be approved:
1. That progress against the current range of actions and activities being developed or delivered by the Council and its partners in response to the cost of living emergency, be noted.
2. That a directory of local organisations currently operating donation and/or collection schemes for clothing, goods and products etc., be developed to support vulnerable residents to help mitigate some of the personal impacts of the cost of living emergency.
3. That the publication of appropriate information on the Council’s website around ‘eating on a budget’, to support local residents with initiatives such as smart shopping, batch cooking and generating less food waste, to help address the healthy eating impacts of the cost of living emergency.
Reasons for decision:
To respond to the recommendations of the Working Party
Other options:
None
Note: This is an Executive Function
Eligible for call-in to: Policy and Resources Scrutiny Committee
Cabinet Member: Cllr Gilbert
Publication date: 13/01/2023
Date of decision: 12/01/2023
Decided at meeting: 12/01/2023 - Cabinet
Effective from: 21/01/2023
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