Agenda item

The Chair invited Rose Doran, Senior Adviser, to give an update on the ongoing work on cost of living. Since the circulation of the paper, there were the following updates:

• As part of the grant determination, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) had agreed to fund debt maturity framework work and some case studies on cost of living.
• Action learning sets brought to previous boards have now concluded. A draft report would be circulated to lead members and go to the Cost of Living Advisory Group.

On the Cost of Living Advisory Group, Members expressed that they would like there to be political representation from each of the political groups. It was emphasised that the Advisory group would not be a decision-making body but aimed to connect the different boards across the LGA.

Decision:

Members noted the update[SP1] .