Issue - meetings

At its meeting on 19 October 2021, the Council agreed to adopt a protocol for the establishment of Executive Working Groups. This report proposes the establishment of Cost of Living Working Group under that protocol.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Executive agree the establishment of Cost of Living Working Group as set out in paragraph 4.1 below and with the Terms of Reference attached at Annexe 1.

RESOLVED that the establishment of a Cost of Living Working Group as set out in paragraph 4.1 of the report and with the Terms of Reference attached at Annexe 1, be agreed.

Reason: To establish a working group under the current protocol to investigating the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and make recommendations to the Executive as appropriate. 

[Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee]

The Leader introduced the report, which proposed the establishment of a Cost of Living Working Group to address the impact on residents of the rising energy and food costs; rising inflation; increased use of food banks; supply chain issues; and the cost of providing services.

Councillors Clark, Merryweather, Mirylees, Williams and MacLeod spoke on the proposal.  The Leader summed up by highlighted that the pockets of deprivation in Waverley were comparable to any such area in the country.  The working group papers would made available to all councillors and that it would bring together Councillors, officers and representatives of the Council’s partners.

RESOLVED that the establishment of a Cost of Living Working Group as set out in paragraph 4.1 of the report and with the Terms of Reference attached at Annexe 1, be agreed.

Reason: To establish a working group under the current protocol to investigating the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and make recommendations to the Executive as appropriate.