Cabinet

MINUTES of a meeting of the Cabinet held on 10 March 2026 at Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes

 

 

PRESENT

Councillors Nick Bennett (Chair), Penny di Cara, Claire Dowling, Carl Maynard and Bob Standley

Members spoke on the items indicated

Councillor Daniel                     - Item 5 (minute 62)

Councillor Field                       - Item 5 (minute 62)

Councillor Tutt                         - Item 5 (minute 62)

 

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58.         Minutes of the meeting held on 27 January 2026

58.1     The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 27 January 2025 were agreed as a correct record.

 

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59.         Apologies for absence

59.1     Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Bob Bowdler and Councillor Keith Glazier, OBE.

 

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60.         Disclosures of interests

60.1     There were none.

 

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61.         Reports

61.1     Copies of the reports referred to below are included in the minute book.

 

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62.         Council Monitoring Report - Q3 2025/26

62.1     The Cabinet considered a report by the Chief Executive.

 

62.2     It was RESOLVED to:

 

1) Note the latest monitoring position for the Council; and

 

2) Approve the proposed amendment to the performance measure set out in paragraph 2.1 of the report.

 

Reasons

 

62.3     The report sets out the Council’s position and year-end projections for the Council Plan targets, Revenue Budget, Capital Programme, and Savings Plan, together with Risks at the end of December 2025.

 

62.4     The Government has implemented significant changes to how the Gatsby benchmarks used to assess careers provision in schools are assessed and reported. These changes came into effect in September 2025. As a result, the element of the East Sussex Carers Hub 2025/26 target relating to the benchmarks is to be deleted.

 

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63.         To agree which items are to be reported to the County Council

 

63.1     It was agreed that item 5 should be reported to the County Council.

 

[Note: the item being reported to County Council refers to minute number 62]

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