Agenda item

Report from the Assistant Chief Executive.

Recommendations

1.    That Cabinet note and endorse the observations made by the Corporate Peer Challenge team to the Council.

Consideration was given to the report which provided details on the progress review that took place on 21 December 2023 following the Local Government Association Corporate Peer Challenge (CPC) that took place in June 2023.

The CPC had concluded that Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council served the town well and was today an impressive organisation. They made seven recommendations which were included in a high-level action plan which was approved by Cabinet in September 2023. The progress visit reviewed the actions taken in light of the recommendations and the findings were received by the Council in February 2024. These were attached to the report at Appendix 1.

The progress visit report concluded that:

The peer team was pleased to see the positive and engaging way in which the council addressed the recommendations of the Corporate Peer Challenge of June 2023, the actions it has taken so far, and the evidence provided to show the progress being made.

During the meeting the Chief Executive provided updates on the actions taken on each of the recommendations. It was also confirmed that the Council’s next Corporate Peer Challenge should take place in 2028.

Resolved:-

1.    That Cabinet note and endorse the observations made by the Corporate Peer Challenge team to the Council.