Sir Richard Leese welcomed members of the board and recorded apologies for Cllr Peter Rankin, Cllr Tudor Evans, Mayor Joe Anderson OBE, Cllr Roger Lawrence, Cllr Sir Albert Bore, Cllr Nick Forbes, Cllr Judith Blake, Mayor Sir Steve Bullock and Cllr Abigail Bell.

Sir Richard also welcomed new Board members to the first meeting of the political cycle. He then moved to bring items 5 and 6 to the front of the agenda due to Lord Kerslake’s imminent voting commitments in the House of Lords. The Board agreed to bring the items forward on the agenda.