Agenda and draft minutes

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

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

Disclosures by all members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the member regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

60.1     There were none.

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

Report by the Chief Executive

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.

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]