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Ar 16 Gorffennaf 2026, cymeradwyodd Cyngor Caerdydd benodi Chris Lee yn Brif Weithredwr, yn amodol ar wiriadau cyn cyflogi. Cymeradwyodd bedwar adroddiad blynyddol (diogelu corfforaethol, gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, rhianta corfforaethol, a safonau a moeseg) a chytunodd i ddechrau recriwtio Cyfarwyddwr Gwasanaethau Oedolion, Tai a Chymunedau. Cymeradwyodd hefyd newidiadau i'r cyfansoddiad, dyraniad newydd o seddi pwyllgor ar ôl isetholiad Sblot ac aelodau annibynnol newydd i un pwyllgor, a nododd ataliad y Cynghorydd Imran Latif. Clywodd yr aelodau hefyd ddatganiadau'r Cabinet ac 20 cwestiwn llafar.
Apologies were received from Cllrs Bridgeman, Brown-Reckless, Carter, Ebrahim, Goodway, Melbourne, Moultrie, Owen and Parry.
The following declarations of interest were received in accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct. Councillor Agenda item Nature of interest Reason for interest Sean Driscoll, Sue Lent, Emma Reid-Jones 9 Personal Family members in receipt of council care.
The minutes of the 25th June meeting were approved as a correct record and signed by the Lord Mayor.
There were no public questions.
Council received three petitions: Presented by Number of relevant signatures Nature of petition Emma Gammon 55 Calling on the council to prioritise maintaining Heath Park as a fully accessible public space free from costly ticket events. Cllr Peter Jenkins 49 Calling on the council to implement a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) banning anti-social face coverings on the Taff Trail (North Radyr to Cardiff Bay corridor). Cllr Irene Humphreys 101 Calling on the council to improve road safety and emergency vehicle access on Frank Road.
A full list of mayoral engagements had been circulated to Members prior to the meeting. The Lord Mayor also welcomed Cllr James Caruana as the newly elected councillor for Splott, following the by-election on 9th July. Cllr Caruana was invited to address Council for the first time.
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RESOLVED: Council AGREED: To approve, subject to the satisfactory receipt of any relevant pre-employment checks, the appointment of: 1. the Chief Executive in accordance with the recommendation of the Appointments Committee held on 15 July 2026, as reported on the Amendment Sheet; 2. the Chief Executive appointed pursuant to recommendation 1 above, as Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer as further set out in paragraph 5 of this Report.
Council was asked to appoint the recommended candidate from the Appointments Committee meeting of 15th July 2026, Chris Lee, as Chief Executive, Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer of the Council. The report was proposed by Cllr Weaver and seconded by Cllr Berman. The Lord Mayor invited debate on the report, before moving to the vote. FOR (59) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Saleh Ahmed, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Berman, Bradbury, Burke, Carr, Caruana, Chowdhury, Cowan, Cunnah, Davies, De’Ath, Derbyshire, Driscoll, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Hopkins, Humphreys, Jenkins, Lloyd Jones, Keith Jones, Kaaba, Lancaster, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Littlechild, Livesy, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Molik, Naughton, Palmer, Pocknell, Proctor, Reid-Jones, Robson, Shimmin, Simmons, Stubbs, Taylor, Thomson, Thorne, Topham, Waldron, Weaver, Wild, Williams, Wong, Wood and Youde. AGAINST (0) ABSTAIN (0) RESOLVED: Council AGREED: To approve, subject to the satisfactory receipt of any relevant pre-employment checks, the appointment of: 1. the Chief Executive in accordance with the recommendation of the Appointments Committee held on 15 July 2026, as reported on the Amendment Sheet; 2. the Chief Executive appointed pursuant to recommendation 1 above, as Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer as further set out in paragraph 5 of this Report.
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RESOLVED: Council AGREED: - To approve the Corporate Safeguarding Annual Report for 2025/2026.
Council was asked to approve the Corporate Safeguarding Annual Report for 2025/2026. The report was proposed by Cllr Thomson and seconded by Cllr Weaver. The Lord Mayor invited debate on the report, before moving to the vote. FOR (58) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Berman, Bradbury, Burke, Carr, Caruana, Chowdhury, Cowan, Cunnah, Davies, De’Ath, Derbyshire, Driscoll, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Hopkins, Humphreys, Jenkins, Lloyd Jones, Keith Jones, Owen Jones, Kaaba, Lancaster, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Littlechild, Livesy, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Molik, Naughton, Palmer, Pocknell, Proctor, Reid-Jones, Robson, Shimmin, Simmons, Stubbs, Taylor, Thomson, Thorne, Topham, Waldron, Weaver, Wild, Williams, Wong, Wood and Youde. AGAINST (0) ABSTAIN (0) RESOLVED: Council AGREED: - To approve the Corporate Safeguarding Annual Report for 2025/2026.
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RESOLVED: Council AGREED: 1. To approve the Local Authority’s Social Services Annual Report for 2025/26; 2. To authorise the commencement of the recruitment process for the Director of Adult Services, Housing and Communities be commenced, in order to ensure continuity of leadership.
Council was asked to consider the 17th Local Authority Social Services Annual Report, as required under Part 8 of the Social Services and Well-Being (Wales) Act (2014), and to authorise the undertaking of a recruitment process for the role of Director of Adults, Housing and Communities. The report was proposed by Cllr Lister and seconded by Cllr Mackie. The Lord Mayor invited debate on the report, before moving to the vote. FOR (62) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Saleh Ahmed, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Berman, Boes, Bradbury, Burke, Carr, Caruana, Chowdhury, Cowan, Cunnah, Davies, De’Ath, Derbyshire, Driscoll, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Hopkins, Humphreys, Jenkins, Lloyd Jones, Keith Jones, Owen Jones, Kaaba, Lancaster, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Littlechild, Livesy, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Molik, Naughton, Palmer, Pocknell, Proctor, Reid-Jones, Robson, Shimmin, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Taylor, Thomson, Thorne, Topham, Waldron, Weaver, Wild, Williams, Wong, Wood and Youde. AGAINST (0) ABSTAIN (0) RESOLVED: Council AGREED: 1. To approve the Local Authority’s Social Services Annual Report for 2025/26; 2. To authorise the commencement of the recruitment process for the Director of Adult Services, Housing and Communities be commenced, in order to ensure continuity of leadership.
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RESOLVED: Council AGREED: - To approve the Corporate Parenting Annual Report for 2025/2026.
Council was asked to approve the Corporate Parenting Annual Report for 2025/2026. The report was proposed by Cllr Merry, Chair of the Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee. The Lord Mayor invited debate on the report, before moving to the vote. FOR (60) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Saleh Ahmed, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Berman, Boes, Bradbury, Burke, Carr, Caruana, Chowdhury, Cowan, Cunnah, Davies, De’Ath, Derbyshire, Driscoll, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Hopkins, Humphreys, Jenkins, Lloyd Jones, Owen Jones, Kaaba, Lancaster, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Littlechild, Livesy, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Molik, Naughton, Palmer, Pocknell, Proctor, Reid-Jones, Robson, Shimmin, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Taylor, Thomson, Thorne, Topham, Waldron, Weaver, Williams, Wong, Wood and Youde. AGAINST (0) ABSTAIN (0) RESOLVED: Council AGREED: - To approve the Corporate Parenting Annual Report for 2025/2026.
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RESOLVED: Council AGREED: - To approve the Standards & Ethics Committee Annual Report 2025-26.
Council was asked to approve the Annual Report of the Standards & Ethics Committee for 2025-26. The report was proposed by Jason Bartlett, Chair of the Standards & Ethics Committee. The Lord Mayor invited debate on the report, before the recommendation was agreed. RESOLVED: Council AGREED: - To approve the Standards & Ethics Committee Annual Report 2025-26.
Leader’s Statement Cllr Weaver responded to questions in relation to: - the statue of Aneurin Bevan on Queen Street; - the Welsh government’s Supplementary Budget; - staff wellbeing during heatwaves; - separatism; - funding for schools and ALN. Social Justice, Cohesion & Digital Statement Cllr Proctor responded to questions in relation to: - digital inclusion; - Cardiff as a city for CEDAW. Deputy Leader and Education Statement Cllr Merry responded to questions in relation to: - the Inclusion Strategy; - new school buildings coping with the heat; - visiting the new Fairwater Community Campus. Waste, Street Scene & Environmental Services Statement Cllr Stubbs responded to questions in relation to: - overflowing street bins; - service delivery in extremely hot weather; - the Students on the Move campaign; - pothole repairs; - adapting working patterns due to climate change; - the removal of basket bins. Culture, Leisure & Tourism Statement Cllr Burke responded to questions in relation to: - noise complaints at Blackweir Fields; - affordability of leisure centre memberships; - drop-in sessions at Pentwyn Leisure Centre. Finance, Modernisation & Performance Statement Cllr Thomson responded to questions in relation to: - the Welsh government’s Supplementary Budget; - ALN provision; - the use of consequential spending; - first aid cover in Specialist Resource Bases (SRBs). Housing & Communities Statement Cllr Thorne responded to questions in relation to: - family fun days in Hubs and libraries. Investment, Employment & Inclusive Growth Cllr Bradbury responded to questions in relation to: - maintaining the city centre. Social Services Statement Cllr Mackie responded to questions in relation to: - attracting and training care workers from the UK. Climate Change, Strategic Planning & Transport Statement Cllr De’Ath responded to questions in relation to: - consultation with businesses on the Road User Payment Scheme and Workplace Parking Levy; - exemptions from the Road User Payment Scheme; - introducing a congestion charge; - coastal defences; - the One Planet Cardiff Schools awards; - the objective of the Workplace Parking Levy.
There were 20 oral questions. 1. Cllr Berman to Cllr De’Ath, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Strategic Planning & Transport What detailed assessment has the council undertaken, or will it undertake, regarding the economic impact of the potential introduction of a Workplace Parking Levy on businesses in the city that will be affected by it, as well as on the city's wider economy, and will it publish such an assessment before taking any final decision on whether or not to go ahead with the introduction of a Workplace Parking Levy in Cardiff? Reply – Cllr De’Ath Thank you for your question, Councillor. I mean, this is touched on at a very high level in the outline business case which we published with the Cabinet report, that's 300 pages. As part of the full business case, absolutely, we will look at how this affects businesses, how this affects the wider economy, so as well as just talking to businesses, we’ll actually do the research and look at the data, and that will be published as well. But if you look at the Nottingham experience again, their workplace parking levy, that saved employers £8m a year and the wider economy £16m a year through reducing congestion growth, so if something like that is what this can bring to Cardiff, that’s a huge win for us. Supplementary – Cllr Berman I'm sure you'll understand that businesses really have to understand the implications of this, and I think we as councillors need to understand the implications before the council does make any final decision, because in recent years we have had a lot of concern from businesses about increased taxation in particular impacting on them and that leading to the loss of jobs for instance. So, you've had the example of the increased employer contribution to National Insurance. What I would worry about is whether, is this just going to tip more businesses over the edge, or can we see an analysis which shows that actually it could have some beneficial effects in other ways. But at the moment we don't have that picture, and really I would like us to see that picture so we can understand, is this something that's actually going to be beneficial to the city's economy, or is it going to be detrimental? Reply – Cllr De’Ath I mean, we certainly will have that picture before we make a final decision. As I said earlier, I totally understand why businesspeople might be initially sceptical when presented with this proposal, they absolutely were in Nottingham. The former council leader of Nottingham City Council said in the Financial Times that after their levy was in, businesses relocated to Nottingham because they reduced congestion so much. I think since 2012, 2000 businesses started up in Nottingham, so they’re really impressive figures. If we’re going to have strong evidence that it will benefit Cardiff, we will do it, if it says it will be catastrophic for the economy, then why would we, so that’s our position. 2. Cllr Williams to Cllr De’Ath, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Strategic Planning & Transport Cardiff residents are already paying more and receiving less. Council tax has risen year after year, household budgets remain under immense pressure and now Labour's preferred solution is to introduce a workplace parking levy, yet another tax that will inevitably increase the cost of working in our city. While you insist this is not a congestion charge, your own proposals confirm that the forthcoming consultation will still ask the public whether Cardiff should introduce a congestion charge. Many residents therefore see this workplace parking levy not as the end of the debate, but as the first step towards wider road charging in Cardiff. That concern is entirely understandable. Can you therefore give a clear and unequivocal commitment to the people of Cardiff that a workplace parking levy will not simply be passed on to employees through higher parking charges or lower wages, and that this Labour administration will rule out introducing a congestion charge in any administration that it leads? Reply – Cllr De’Ath I think most people, if they'd led Liz Truss's leadership campaign in Wales, which I believe you did, and expected a reward in her resignation on her list, I think if most people had done that, they wouldn't then stand up and hold forth about jobs and employability and living standards, because two things would stop them, one’s self-awareness and the other’s shame. But you don't seem to have any shame or self-awareness, and I'm here for it, I think it’s very funny. Secondly, people aren't paying more and getting less. Cardiff has the lowest council tax in Wales for the second year running, significantly lower than Bristol, and that's thanks to the great helmsman, the thinking woman's Gordon Brown, Councillor Chris Weaver, who's a modern-day Pythagoras. But to answer your questions directly, will the charge be passed on to us? I mean, we don't want it to be, but that's up to the market. We would interfere in the market, you know, if you would maybe that's why you can get your gong. But as I said a few minutes ago, which you were complaining about to the Monitoring Officer, I'm ruling out a congestion charge. I've ruled it out several times today and I'm happy to do it again now. Supplementary – Cllr Williams I'm not the one for cheap political jibes, so I'm not going to indulge Cllr De’Ath, but I'm focused on the here and now and the issues that affect working people in our great city, and that's what I'll continue to do. My supplementary is this: at the same time as proposing a jobs tax on drivers in Cardiff, this Labour council has closed the Cardiff East Park and Ride, removing one of the very alternatives that would help commuters leave their cars outside the city, before asking them to pay more to travel into work. Cllr De’Ath, can you confirm that no new levies will be imposed until practical alternatives, including the reopening of the Cardiff East Park and Ride, and genuinely improved public transport is in place? Reply – Cllr De’Ath The Cardiff East Park and Ride closed a number of years ago, it hasn't functioned properly for several years. It's used on an ad hoc basis by the Health Board, and we've already committed to working with them to try and find an alternative site. But we won't have any improved public transport, not to the level people expect, without something like this. I don't know where you think these improvements will come from, apart from writing letters or sending emails or tweeting. This is the plan to deliver what people tell us year upon year. They want better bus services, that's what they tell us, it’s in the Ask Cardiff survey so that's what we're going to do. What will you do, apart from blame and wave your hands, to improve buses in the city? Nothing. 3. Cllr Kaaba to Cllr Thomson, Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation & Performance Congratulations on your reappointment to the council’s Cabinet. I understand that your new portfolio responsibilities include county estates. Local members of the Muslim community have approached councillors seeking support in identifying a suitable site for a mosque to serve Ely and the surrounding areas. Would you be willing to meet the local councillors and representatives of the Muslim community to discuss potential sites in the council’s ownership that could be made available for this purpose? Reply – Cllr Thomson I would of course be more than happy to meet with you and the other Ely councillors, together with representatives of the local Muslim community, to discuss this. What I would say is that the council does not have an abundance of surplus properties in Ely, however I will definitely ask officers to undertake a search of the area for any potential sites so that we know what we’re dealing with before the meeting. And, of course, any available land as well would be subject to the council’s usual processes, which includes any such sites being made available to the council’s Housing Service as first priority, but very happy to meet and discuss this further. 4. Cllr Naughton to Cllr Thomson, Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation & Performance Due to the extreme heatwaves we have had in recent years, including this summer, will the council look at bringing in cool hubs in council buildings including but not limited to Hubs and libraries? Reply – Cllr Thomson Yes, our Hubs and libraries are already acting as welcoming community spaces during this hot weather, and we've publicised that on social media, they are places where people can take a break from the heat, they can just sit, access free drinking water, just rest in a much more comfortable indoor environment than in many places. And they don't need to be, very importantly, they don't need to be accessing a council service in order to do this. And we're also exploring ways to make actual buildings, including Hubs and libraries, cooler and more comfortable during the top times of extreme heat, including improvements to ventilation and solar shading. But of course clearly there are practical and security issues associated with opening up other buildings, and of course City Hall is also currently closed. But I can also confirm that our Hubs and libraries are in the process of signing up to a ‘Cool Off In Culture’ campaign, which maps public spaces where people can cool down during the heatwave, so there might be other areas where people are able to go for the cool which are not necessarily council properties. Supplementary – Cllr Naughton Thank you for the answer, it gives a lot of information and it's a lot of positive news. My question is obviously also to areas which don't have Hubs and libraries, when it comes to areas which don't have any council buildings. They may have a leisure centre, and the council obviously has a contract with GLL. Has there been any conversations with them about potentially working with GLL to make the buildings cool hub friendly as well? Reply – Cllr Thomson Coming from, representing a ward, which currently doesn't have a hub either, it's a bit of a Riverside theme all the time. But I must say, Cllr Naughton, I do understand that question and know where you're coming from on that. As for GLL, that is an interesting question, I'll make some enquiries about that. I can’t guarantee anything of course, but it is an interesting thought that some of their buildings might be available. Of course, there will be security and finance issues potentially there, but it's definitely worth asking. So thank you again for raising it. I wouldn't recommend that people come into County Hall necessarily as a public council building to cool off, but I think officers done a much better job this time of making a slightly less hot here. 5. Cllr Driscoll to Cllr De’Ath, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Strategic Planning & Transport At a husting I attended with Canton traders ahead of the Senedd elections in May, Huw Thomas, the previous Leader of the Council, said ‘if it turns out that the decision to remove two-hour free parking is negatively impacting traders, then we would look to reverse the decision’. At the last full Council meeting in June, it was hinted by the new council leader Chris Weaver that the council are looking again at the decision to implement the removal of the two-hour free parking. I’ve been speaking with businesses in Llandaff and patients at the doctors’ surgery who tell me they are being negatively impacted by the removal of that two-hour free parking. Nearly five thousand people signed the petition I was running, and many more have signed petitions across Whitchurch and Canton where businesses, I’ve heard, are closing recently. What more do businesses, surgery patients and shoppers need to do to convince the council to reverse this decision? Reply – Cllr De’Ath I mean, as we've covered on many, many previous occasions, these parking spaces aren't free. There's a cost to the council for providing this parking. So in my view asking people to make a very, very, very modest contribution isn't at all unreasonable. I'd say secondly, we've always said we would review this, this isn't a new thing people have said to us, we've said this right from the start, to be clear. So he wasn't hinting at anything, he was just stating our long-held position. I mean, we will look at it, we're open to listening to people, I know you think we’re not, but we will give this some consideration. And initially there wasn’t half an hour free to start with, so that was that was a compromise I think we reached, but if you have any non-anecdotal evidence of businesses being harmed by this specific change, we'd really welcome seeing it and we’ll look at it with great interest. Supplementary – Cllr Driscoll That is good news, actually, that you are seriously thinking of looking at it again. Now to be honest, I don't really mind who wants to take the credit for reversing the decision when it comes, when it comes. And I know that Alex Barros-Curtis and Huw Thomas, probably along with Shav Taj and Anna McMorrin have already made a Friday appointment in the diary just in case you do reverse a decision, in your office, announcing they support local business just ahead of the new elections next year, council elections. So hopefully you will find the money down the sofa, or even from the fines that come out of Llandaff for no right turns and bus lanes and everything else. Will you just admit, when it does come, that it was a decision that was pretty much daft in the first place, and will you come to Llandaff and see the traders in a meeting with our newly elected MS to discuss with them how it’s impacting them? Reply – Cllr De’Ath Charging a pound to park makes Cardiff one of the lowest-charging cities in the UK. To argue businesses, the empirical evidence just shows that's not true. So, whilst we will look at any evidence you have, it's not just comments on Facebook or whatever, we'll absolutely seriously look at that, but I think to make that claim, you’d need to have some hard evidence to back it up, if it's there we will look at it, but if it's not we'll leave things as it are. 6. Cllr Owen Jones to Cllr Proctor, Cabinet Member for Social Justice, Cohesion & Digital Can the Cabinet Member outline her vision for community safety in Cardiff? Reply – Cllr Proctor I have a vision where everyone in Cardiff feels safe wherever in the city they live. I have a vision where women and girls can feel safe walking home. I have a vision where older people can go about their daily lives and feel safe. I have a vision where young people feel they've got opportunities. We have to have a zero tolerance attitude to any sort of hate crime, violence, ASB, and all of this is underpinned by prevention, inclusion, equality, and we can't achieve this on our own. We have to do it with partners, with South Wales Police, with health boards, with housing providers. We already have a strong working partnership with those partners already, but in my role now, I will build on that. Supplementary – Cllr Owen Jones Adamsdown is a ward that does its bit to support the needs of Cardiff. Despite being geographically one of the smallest, we host a huge percentage of the city's supporting services. This our residents do with sympathy and with empathy. Sadly, since the introduction of certain services, our communities have experienced an undeniable increase in blatant drug dealing and drug use. This is particularly acute around Broadway, Clifton Street and Moira Place. It isn't right for children to become accustomed to the site of drug taking on their way to school, or for residents to find people passed out on their doorway, however that is what's happening today in Adamsdown. This simply would not be acceptable in other areas of the city and should bring a sense of shame. I hope you agree that the council should be doing more to help our residents, and I would welcome your action in this space. Reply – Cllr Proctor You're absolutely right, that's not acceptable in any part of the city and it's not acceptable in Adamsdown either. Yes, let's look what we can do. We've worked with the police on Clifton Street currently on the Clear, Hold, Build initiative. Let's see if we can replicate that on Adams Street, on Broadway as well. We also need to look at the underlying issues of why these problems are happening, so let's make sure that there are services in place for people who are using substances so they can get the right services to improve the situation. 7. Cllr Wood to Cllr De’Ath, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Strategic Planning & Transport Given the Blackweir concerts have been approved for future years, what actions will the council be taking to prevent the reoccurrence of disruption experienced by residents this year due to very high numbers of visitors parking on residential streets around Gabalfa on concert days, and the noise caused by some of these visitors returning to their cars late into the night? Reply – Cllr De’Ath I think these have been really fantastic gigs, at Blackweir and at the Castle, I was reading in Nation Cymru that they’ve brought in £25m to the Cardiff economy, which is absolutely superb and a huge testament to Cllr Burke and her officers. We haven't hitherto been aware of any particular issues in the Gabalfa ward, but if you could outline what they are, not necessarily right here tonight, and what streets have been affected, we'll absolutely take that up with the team and increase patrols if necessary. If you have more information, we'll certainly look at that very seriously. Supplementary – Cllr Wood The sort of issues that have been experienced are predominantly around the Mynachdy area, although it's across the ward. Obviously the Mynachdy area doesn't have parking restrictions, I'm aware it would make it difficult to deal with that, but there were still quite a lot of issues raised by residents in terms of sort of illegal parking on pavements, that type of thing, and that also extends to some of the more controlled areas. I think we all appreciate this is something that'd be quite difficult to do, but given that the council is behind the Blackweir concerts, I think residents have a heightened expectation that perhaps more could be done to try to address some of these problems. So I appreciate anything that you're taking on board for next year, and I'm sure residents would appreciate if there's less of these issues next time round. Reply – Cllr De’Ath I will certainly raise this with the team, Councillor, and see what more we can do. 8. Cllr Robson to Cllr Stubbs, Cabinet Member for Waste, Street Scene & Environmental Services What action is the Cabinet Member taking to improve the attractiveness of gateways into Cardiff? Reply – Cllr Stubbs Thanks for raising this, it's obviously a really important issue how people come across our city for the first time. As you'll appreciate, these are busy gateways so works have to be scheduled, and they are scheduled on three occasions for each site. It's quite a logistical job, because these are high-speed routes, so three times a year schedule for sites, but it is possible if there are issues identified to schedule other cleaning. Supplementary – Cllr Robson Thank you for the reply. Can I declare a personal interest that I live further down the road I'm about to refer to, which is the A470 coming into Cardiff from Junction 32 of the motorway southbound? It's the busiest route into Cardiff in terms of the number of vehicles coming down there, and it has thousands of commuters, visitors and other people coming into Cardiff there. Just as you leave the motorway by Pantmawr Road, before Curlew Close, you have a series of railings. On the Rhiwbina side they generally adjoin Whitchurch Golf Club, there are some on the Whitchurch side as well. They are in a hell of a state. They need, at the very least, painting, they actually need repairing, and ideally perhaps replacing with something that lasts a lot longer. This is something that I have asked practically every year to the relevant Cabinet Member in this council, and only on one occasion have they been repainted and repaired. So therefore, can I again ask if you can look into this, and if the Cabinet can look at this, because so many people come through there, it's a real visual eyesore at the moment, and when they’re painted they look really fantastic, and really add to the attractiveness of this particular northern gateway for the north of the city. Reply – Cllr Stubbs Thank you for raising the specific location, I wasn't aware of this issue but I am now. Let's see if we can make it two occasions, can't make any promises but let's do our best. 9. Cllr Pocknell to Cllr Stubbs, Cabinet Member for Waste, Street Scene & Environmental Services Residents of Llanrumney were pleased to see the owner of the Mini Mart Store on Countisbury Avenue at Cardiff Magistrates' Court following repeated sales of illegal vapes and tobacco products, uncovered by Shared Regulatory Services. This business had previously been the subject of a court-ordered closure because of the scale and seriousness of the offending, yet unlawful activity continued. What lessons has the council learned from this case, and what additional resources are available to ensure that businesses engaged in persistent and organised illegal trading cannot continue to harm our communities and undercut legitimate local traders? Reply – Cllr Stubbs Thanks Councillor, you have been vociferous on this issue. This is the second month at Full Council that you’ve raised it, and like you I am pleased with the successful prosecution of the owner of the Mini Mart. It demonstrates the importance of a robust and co-ordinated approach to tackling the sale of illegal tobacco and vaping products. Despite earlier interventions, criminality continued, and what this demonstrates is, where this does happen we are ready and willing to say this isn't acceptable as a council, and to take action where it's needed. Supplementary – Cllr Pocknell I'm not sorry for my persistence in the matter. This case has had a significant impact on confidence within the local community in Llanrumney. What reassurance can you give residents that businesses repeatedly breaking the law will face swift and robust enforcement, and that law-abiding traders will be protected from unfair competition? Reply – Cllr Stubbs Thanks Councillor. This case demonstrates two things: it demonstrates first of all, as I said, that we are willing to take action, but it also demonstrates the limitations of what we can do alone. There are new powers coming in, but we do need to do more. It's a very unusual case in the sense of a significant fine has been given to a business, but it doesn't seem to have dented that business's ability to continue to function. So, we have got to look at not just the powers in our possession, but to speak to other partners who might have other powers to take on this really difficult situation. There are residents across Cardiff who are looking at businesses in their communities and thinking to themselves, this doesn't seem right. The powers that all sit with the council, but we are determined to work in a partnership manner to address these situations. 10. Cllr Topham to Cllr Bradbury, Cabinet Member for Investment, Employment & Inclusive Growth What is the council doing to improve employment, education and training opportunities for economically inactive 16- to 24-year-olds in Cardiff? Reply – Cllr Bradbury I set out in my statement last month a comprehensive view of what we were going to do in partnership with education, our youth service and Cardiff Commitment as well as schools, to ensure a joined-up, strategic approach to addressing youth unemployment. That said, this is now a national challenge, a national challenge that was highlighted in the interim Milburn report highlighting that nearly a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training. I believe, and I'm proud to say this as a member of the Labour Party, I believe strongly this is the role of the state to intervene and support these young people, and that's why I've convened, along with the Chief Executive, a NEET Task Force, which will ensure an integrated approach of trying to reduce youth unemployment and improving employment outcomes for young people, using both our powers here inside the council and also using our soft powers with partners as well. Once we know who is most likely to be a NEET in Cardiff, understand those risk factors and the shape of the local labour market, we will leverage the size and scale of all local institutions and provide the support and opportunities our young people need. We've had a track record of success in Cardiff, our record is better than most other UK cities. The Labour administration has always made tackling NEET a priority and we will always continue to do so. Supplementary – Cllr Topham Thank you for your response, Cllr Bradbury. I am aware this was raised at last month's meeting, I am quite keen to impress on you that I'm interested in economically inactive NEETs as they make up around about 60% of Britain's NEETs, as opposed to unemployed NEETs. So, I wonder if there’s any targeted measures that the council is planning to make towards economically inactive NEETs. I mentioned they make up quite a number of the 16- to 24-year-olds in my ward of Trowbridge, and also Ely, the most deprived wards in this city. So, any tailored approach to the economically inactive as opposed to just unemployed NEETs? Reply – Cllr Bradbury Thank you, I'm slightly confused by the definition really, and I always say to people when they tell me about the issues in Ely and Caerau, that I’m from Ely and I represent Caerau, and I live there and I recognise some of the difficulties people have. Let me say this, anybody between the ages of 16 to 24 who is economically inactive or unable to get employment should be entitled to support from their local council, and also other agencies right across this city to find employment. I'm coming from this from the point of view that this council can, even though we haven't got all the powers to deal with it, even though a lot of these issues lie with Welsh government or UK government, that's not an excuse for not trying to do something with our excellent officer machinery, and also the soft power we have as being Cardiff Council, and working with partners and intervening in the labour market when we can. I'll take any suggestions, I'll take them from Reform although I googled Reform's policy on NEETs earlier and they said they didn't have one which doesn't surprise me really. But I'll take them from the Tories, I'll take them from the Greens, Plaid, anyone. This is about young people getting the same opportunities of employment whether they live in Caerau or St Mellons, as young people in Cyncoed and Lisvane, and Councillor, I look forward to speaking to you a lot more about your ward, and any other Councillors about theirs, to make sure that we get the best outcomes we possibly can to get young people in those communities into employment. 11. Cllr Berman to Cllr De’Ath, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Strategic Planning & Transport I often deal with complaints from residents of my ward relating to obstructive parking that leads to pavements being partially or fully blocked, such as on Ipswich Road. Our residents often express frustration that when they complain about this to the council, they get told it's a police responsibility, but when they complain about it to the police, they get told it's a council responsibility. So, what is your advice to residents who want to see the problem tackled rather than experience buck-passing between the council and the police? And what action can be taken to ensure that this problem, as it impacts on Ipswich Road, is addressed? Reply – Cllr De’Ath I'd start by saying I totally appreciate how incredibly frustrating this must be for residents, when they raise an issue with one organisation and they say it’s not me guv, it’s someone else, and then they get the same response from the people they've been directed to contact. I know that must be just infuriating. That said, Cardiff Council does not have the powers to police obstructions. The previous Welsh government was looking at different local authorities, those powers, I'm not sure where that is at the moment. But to date, policing problems on Ipswich Road would have to be the responsibility of South Wales Police. We can certainly contact them again to make sure they inform their officers of whose responsibility this is, and it's a conversation I can certainly have with my dear colleague Cllr Proctor to make sure this quite unacceptable situation doesn't continue. Supplementary – Cllr Berman Thank you, I mean as you alluded to, there was a suggestion that powers could be given to local authorities to deal with this, and I think that might lead to a more responsive approach, because I think the police come from the perspective of sometimes that they have more deserving problems to deal with than just parking issues, but that can lead to a lot of frustration, so I get contacted by residents who just cannot wheel a pushchair up to the local supermarket because that road is always blocked, for instance. What action is the council taking to ensure that the current Welsh government actually will now progress giving the powers that we need to this local authority so that we can perhaps get a more responsive approach to this issue? Reply – Cllr De’Ath I mean, we're in dialogue with the Welsh government on a range of transport interventions, and this is certainly one of them, but I would say not only do the councils need these powers, but you also need the resources that would be required to effectively police a ban on pavement parking. And also, I think it's a really important question around how much we're able to fine people from doing it. If we can only fine them 30 quid, that makes the maths very, very hard to justify in terms of the officer time. But it’s something we certainly want to see that has to be done properly, and we'll continue those conversations, absolutely. 12. Cllr Cowan to Cllr De’Ath, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Strategic Planning & Transport Will the Cabinet Member commission an urgent speed survey on Pantmawr Road and review the case file relating to speeding on Heol Tyn y Coed? Reply – Cllr De’Ath I understand the last time speeds were observed on Pantmawr Road, they were relatively low, however I will agree to assess speed on both those roads, and when we've collected that data we'll send it over to you and your ward colleagues. 13. Cllr Green to Cllr Proctor, Cabinet Member for Social Justice, Cohesion & Digital How is the council working with South Wales Police to tackle the use of illegal e-bikes in Whitchurch? Reply – Cllr Proctor The council continues to support South Wales Police partners in responding to concerns around crime and antisocial behaviour linked to the illegal use of e-bikes in the city that don’t meet the UK government’s EPAC criteria. This includes in the Whitchurch area and the Taff Trail. Regular partnership operations take place throughout the city with the council and South Wales Police working in collaboration. For example, Operation Livewire and Operation Green Horizon have led to seizing significant numbers of illegal e-vehicles, with 800 vehicles seized since August 2025. The council’s Community Safety team supports this work by coordinating partnership activity, liaising with relevant council services, as well as partners such as the police, the fire service and health, who all face demand in relation to these illegal vehicles. The team also hosts a meeting every six weeks where partners can share updates, lessons and emerging issues to strengthen the joint response, including identifying opportunities for education, prevention and enforcement. The Community Safety Team continues to support this priority within the available resources, maintaining coordination, partnership relations and solving local problems. An application for funding has also been presented to the South Wales Police & Crime Commissioner to fund four additional operations this year. Supplementary – Cllr Green Thank you for that, and I appreciate that a lot of work is happening in partnership. A lot of residents are frustrated with the main response being to ring 101 if you spot an e-bike, mainly because that can also be sort of cumbersome sometimes. My ward colleagues and I recently wrote to the Police & Crime Commissioner to ask if they could make this simple, through for example creating a website with a form, an app or a dedicated hotline, so you can very quickly report sightings of these e-bikes, because that data is so important to help the police, inform the council, to inform where they dedicate resources. Would you be willing to sign up and support that campaign? And perhaps could you look at officers, if it does happen, with this working with the council app, so people can report sightings on there and we can pass data on to the police as well? Reply – Cllr Proctor Diolch, very happy to look into that I think as a really constructive suggestion, and anything that makes it easier to report sightings, I think, is welcome. We'll need to talk to South Wales Police about that, and I think we would also need to think about any practicalities or resource, make sure it's properly resourced, but anything that can help us gather intelligence is much welcome, so let’s keep talking about it. 14. Cllr Davies to Cllr Thorne, Cabinet Member for Housing & Communities Does the council’s leadership believe that social housing, subsidised by the British taxpayer, should go to people who are not from Britain when there are thousands of British families on the housing waiting list, which now stands at 10,000 households in Cardiff alone? Reply – Cllr Thorne Thank you, Cllr Davies, for your question. I think you still have a lot to learn about council budgets. The suggestion that social housing is subsidised by the British or Welsh taxpayer is simply wrong, and repeating it misleads the public. Social housing is funded through the Housing Revenue Account, a ring?fenced budget paid for by tenants’ rents, not by general taxation. In fact, by law, councils cannot use council tax or national taxation to subsidise council housing. Every brick laid, every repair completed, every new home built is funded by tenants. In fact, reality is the exact opposite of what the councillor claims. Our new council house building programme is financed through borrowing that is repaid entirely by our tenants, not by the British taxpayer, not by the Welsh taxpayer, but the people who live in council homes. So, if anyone is subsidising anyone, it is council tenants subsidising the wider system, not the other way around. And let’s be honest about something else: some of the most celebrated services in this city, Hubs, the Into Work service, the Money Advice service, community outreach and many others were created and funded by council tenants through the Housing Revenue Account. These services were open to everybody long before the General Fund contributed a single pound. While the General Fund finally did contribute to the expansion of these services, it is worth remembering that our tenants pay council tax too. So, you could reasonably conclude that tenants have been paying twice for services enjoyed by the whole of the city, or put bluntly, council tenants have been subsidising the taxpayer, not the other way around. Given these facts, the premise of the question collapses. Social housing is not funded by taxpayers, and access to it is determined by housing need, legal duties, and allocation policies, not nationality. The council is legally prohibited from discriminating. If the councillor wishes to understand how council housing is funded and allocated, I would be happy to arrange a meeting. Supplementary – Cllr Davies Three minutes for the answer, I wonder if I'll get three minutes to rebut the question, because of course the rates are set below the market rate by the government, which of course is the form of the subsidy. I also made clear in my question that I was talking about social homes, not just council homes, and of course I noticed that it went past the issue of the fact that there are people not from Britain staying in council homes, because the census data shows that one in five social tenants in this city was born outside the UK, of whom a minority are in employment. The public is regularly told that immigration is a positive thing for this country, and it is, in moderation. However, when it reaches the point where a substantial proportion of the limited stock of this kind of housing that's meant to house low-income British families are going to people that this country has no obligation to fund, we are setting ourselves up for civil and financial strife. Indeed, Labour MP Emily Thornberry kind of let the cat out the bag, complaining that the Home Secretary's proposed reforms to immigration meant migrants had to wait longer to claim benefits and access social housing. I support the Labour Home Secretary's undiluted plans to extend indefinite leave to remain to ensure that British people have preferential access to social housing in Cardiff, does she? Reply – Cllr Thorne No, I don’t, and I've given the reasons why legally we can't discriminate, and neither should we. I have to say, and I'd ask you to reflect, that we're fortunate in this chamber to have colleagues whose journeys to the UK began in places affected by conflict, and one of those is our Right Honourable Lord Mayor. Their experiences help to shape our shared values, and that's the spirit in which we approach these issues, and just to say many of those taxpayers too contribute to the Welsh and the British economy. 15. Cllr Pocknell to Cllr Merry, Cabinet Member for Education Cardiff was the first city in the UK to be recognised by UNICEF as a Child Friendly City in 2023. I was pleased to see that we have been reaccredited for another three years. What do you think has been the benefit to Cardiff’s children? Reply – Cllr Merry We're extremely proud to be re-accredited as a Child Friendly City, and some of the highlights have included embedding children's rights into policy services and decision making, strengthening the voice and influence of children and young people, expanding child's rights education, including the Rights Respecting Schools Award and workforce training, creating more child friendly neighbourhoods with children's views shaping those improvements, increased use of child rights impact assessments to inform decision making, and innovative work to address inequality including programmes focused on gender inclusion. So, some headline data: over 80% of our schools are now engaged in rights-based education, 82.5% of council staff are trained in children's rights, more than 2,000 children have been engaged in shaping policies and services. Participation hours contributed by young people have included 286 high-quality participation opportunities and more than 6,000 hours volunteered by young people to the city. Children are influencing real change in planning, policy and services, with over 1,000 children engaged through community mapping tools, all of which I hope has been a benefit to the children, but more than that, it is something that is a benefit to the whole city, and I hope it will encourage them to become full and active citizens as they grow up. Supplementary – Cllr Pocknell Thank you for that response. It's clear that achieving reaccreditation reflects the hard work of the council and of our partner schools, and importantly the children and young people who have helped shape this programme. Looking ahead to the next three years, what do you see as the biggest opportunity to build on this success and ensure even more children in every community across Cardiff can directly see and feel the benefits of being a UNICEF child-friendly city? Reply – Cllr Merry I think I might risk sounding extremely sentimental if I say, obviously while there was a business plan that went through into that accreditation, the things that were the most magical to me as I've gone around the city have been the unexpected benefits, those sparks that have come from involving children and the community with actually shaping those bits around them. So, you can read the action plan but I'm not going to even attempt to guess what the best outcome might be. Thank you. 16. Cllr McGarry to Cllr De’Ath, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Strategic Planning & Transport A new study by psychologists at Swansea University has found that drivers who are informed about the safety risks that SUVs pose to cyclists and pedestrians are unlikely to be deterred from buying one. The findings suggest that if governments are serious about reducing the number of larger, more dangerous vehicles on the road, financial measures may be necessary. In light of this, does Cardiff Council still plan to introduce differential parking permit charges for dangerous larger vehicles, such as SUVs, as outlined in the City Parking Plan? Reply – Cllr De’Ath That's an extraordinary and extraordinarily depressing study, isn’t it, that when people learn about how appallingly dangerous SUVs and these kinds of vehicles are, they don't really care and they buy one nonetheless. There was a meta-analysis done recently, that's a study of existing studies, which found that you're 44 times more likely to die if you're hit by an SUV than by a normal vehicle, and if you're a child that goes up to 80 or 90 percent. These are really, really appallingly dangerous vehicles to have on our roads, apart from being bad for road condition and the various other things. So this is absolutely something we intend to bring in, and it's a really, really important part of keeping children and families safe, and keeping our roads usable for everyone. Supplementary – Cllr McGarry Just wondering, when might these charges be introduced? Reply – Cllr De’Ath We'll need to go through the Traffic Regulation Order process, but it's something we're absolutely pursuing as set out in the City Parking Plan. 17. Cllr Gunter to Cllr De’Ath, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Strategic Planning & Transport Residents living in the parking permit zones in Butetown are frustrated at the low number of visits to their streets by traffic wardens, sometimes as low as six or seven, eight visits in a 60-day period. This level of enforcement is unfortunately not acting as a deterrent. Can the Cabinet Member please advise what percentage of the resident permit revenue is spent on enforcement measures, and what action can be taken to increase the level of enforcement? Reply – Cllr De’Ath I mean, I'd say to people thinking of driving improperly in Butetown, or parking where they shouldn't at Butetown, it’s actually the fourth most enforced area in the city. Since January 26th of this year to this week there were 9,216 visits to Butetown and 5,590 PCNs issued in that ward, that's absolutely staggering, and if someone’s street was visited eight or nine times in a month, that's about once a week, so that's quite normal for various areas. This money isn't ring-fenced in that way, there's not a certain proportion that goes to particular services, all this money goes to running the service, employing staff and that kind of thing, but I am in discussions with the team trying to make the business case for employing more wardens, to recognise. you know, we all want to see as many as we can out on our streets. Supplementary – Cllr Gunter Thank you, it's good to hear that you're in discussions and I look forward to hearing about that. As a selling point of changing to digital permits, the scheme was sold that this would allow the council to have the enforcement camera cars out in the streets, to automatically identify where there were areas in parking zones that had a lot of cars parked without permits. We don't see the enforcement cars out in quite a lot of our streets, particularly the side streets. Can you agree that councillors could start receiving monthly figures on the number of visits to the streets by the enforcement cars? Reply – Cllr De’Ath I'm certainly happy to discuss with the team when the car has visited your ward and I will supply you with any information I'm able to glean. 18. Cllr Caruana to Cllr Stubbs, Cabinet Member for Waste, Street Scene & Environmental Services Will the Cabinet Member please outline how waste collection services are adapting to the recent heatwaves? Reply – Cllr Stubbs Hot weather working practises have been reviewed following the recent heatwaves, with the emphasis on keeping our staff safe. Crews received briefings on hydration, heat safety with drinking water, reusable bottles and refill locations available. Additional rest breaks are also encouraged where needed, and staff have been given access to suncream. hats, sunglasses and light PPE. Employees have also been trained to recognise the sign of heat stress. Supplementary – Cllr Caruana It's really good to hear how the council is mitigating the issues with the heat, but I just wanted to bring up how amazing our local community has been as well in supporting the waste teams out. We've obviously been out in our community for many weeks in the heat. But the thing that I noticed as we were going around, particularly on Thursdays, was the amount of people that were coming out with bottles of water, tip tops, ice creams, that kind of thing, trying to support our team. So, would you join me in giving thanks to the people that gave their support over the last few weeks? Reply – Cllr Stubbs I certainly would, Councillor. The people of Splott, Tremorfa and Pengam Green are absolutely amazing people, but can I take this opportunity to say how proud I am to see James Caruana in this chamber today. You fought an amazing campaign rooted in Splott, Tremorfa and Pengam Green, and I am incredibly proud. On one occasion I knocked on one old lady's door, and she must have been in her 90s, and she told me with amazing pride when I mentioned Paul Caruana, James's dad, that she knew Paul Caruana with a massive smile on her face, and when Paul was a baby she even used to give him a bath. And I know that all of those Caruanas living right across Splott have one thing in common James, they’re just as proud of you as I am. Well done. 19. Cllr Gunter to Cllr Lister, Cabinet Member for Social Services What is the council doing to deal with the exploitation of children and young people? Reply – Cllr Lister So, training happens across local authority staff and partners, supported by an exploitation screening toolkit, in consultation with our Safeguarding Adolescents From Exploitation service, to help identify and respond to risk. There are multi-agency processes in place which have been reviewed across the council, and we have now established a ‘Harm Outside The Home’ working group so that officers continue to come together, and we have our SAFE Virtual Hub being developed and a multi-agency data dashboard and new guidance coming forward as well, so lots going on in terms of the response. In terms of awareness, we have the ‘Exploitation: Not In Our City, Not Our Children’ campaign, which we've developed in partnership with South Wales Police, which is now running for a third time, seeking to raise awareness of the hidden and complex nature of exploitation here in Cardiff and hopefully empower communities to spot the signs and take action. I’ll just finish my answer by just saying that this is a collective responsibility across the council for all Members to make sure we protect and safeguard our young people, and thank you for the question, Councillor. Supplementary – Cllr Gunter Thank you. So that sounds like some really good actions but I'm afraid that quite a lot of people in our local community don't know anything about a lot of those, and they haven't heard about some of the initiatives, including myself on some of them. So how do you think the council can do better at communicating this so that our young people and families can benefit? Reply – Cllr Lister Thank you for that, Cllr Gunter. and I think it is really important that we recognise that sometimes the work that we do as a local authority, that our partners do and other public services, doesn't necessarily reach all the people that we want them to reach. So that is definitely some learning for us, I'll take that back to Children's Services, to our colleagues in Youth Services, and our comms team to see how we can better expand that work. I’m aware of the work that you and your colleagues have been doing in Butetown, which is having a benefit in my ward as well, so it is appreciated, on raising awareness, and I know that you are organising a local event for parents this coming weekend so that we can raise awareness, so parents are able to have those conversations with their children when there are signs of exploitation. But the first step is making sure they understand what those signs are. So I really, really do appreciate the work that you and your colleagues are doing to raise awareness of this, and more than happy to lend my support to our communities, and communities right across the city, to make sure that we tackle exploitation. It is our responsibility to safeguard, everyone's responsibility to safeguard our communities, particularly our young people. It is the police's responsibility to deal with those people who choose to exploit our children and young people and we should make sure that they're not able to do that. So thank you very much for everything you're doing. 20. Cllr Caruana to Cllr Thomson, Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation & Performance Would the Cabinet Member comment on the Welsh government’s Budget? Reply – Cllr Thomson We come full circle, don't we, to what has been one of the most important issues of the moment and of this meeting. We will strongly continue to make the case, alongside people like the School Budget Forum, alongside the 21 other local authorities, the WLGA, Cardiff Senedd members, for additional funding to be provided by the Welsh government for Additional Learning Needs in Wales. It is incredibly important, as we've heard, that the SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) consequential funding that has been passed to Welsh government if allocated for this purpose. As I've outlined in my council statement, figures show that over the last six years, the council's budgets associated with ALN provision have increased by £65m. And that represents a 95% increase, which is more than twice the rate of the rest of the council's net budget, how much that has increased. And it reflects, of course, the increasing level of demand for ALN provision in recent years, which has resulted in significant, as we know, cost pressures, both in the delegated schools and retained education budgets. Within our Medium Term Financial Plan, a further £45m budget is estimated to be required to meet this growing demand with the increased complexity of need and price increases that we're saying. It's become the biggest pressure on our council's budget, and will not be affordable without either significant budget savings or funding to be provided at levels which is far beyond what's currently modelled. So, what I would comment on with regards to the Welsh government is that I would urge them to step up, to stop clip-clopping around on their high horses, and to ensure that the SEND consequential funding is allocated in full to support ALN provision in Wales from its unallocated funding, the funding is unallocated at the moment, and put that firmly within any future supplementary budget that is brought forward. Thank you for the question.
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RESOLVED: Council AGREED: 1. To approve the Constitution amendments recommended by the Constitution Committee and set out in this report and Appendix A; 2. To request the Monitoring Officer to update the Constitution accordingly.
Council was asked to consider constitution changes recommended by the Constitution Committee, in relation to clarification of responsibility for appointment of Cabinet members, recommended new officer delegations and an updated protocol on Member / Officer Relations. RESOLVED: Council AGREED: 1. To approve the Constitution amendments recommended by the Constitution Committee and set out in this report and Appendix A; 2. To request the Monitoring Officer to update the Constitution accordingly.
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RESOLVED: Council AGREED: a. To note the revised political composition of the Council as set out in the report; b. To approve the updated Allocation of Seats for Committees at Appendix A; c. To receive nominations from Party Groups in respect of any changes to the seats allocated to each Group as attached at Appendix B (to be published on the amendment sheet); d. To appoint Members to each Committee where the political allocations have changed, in accordance with the nominations received from the relevant Party Groups as detailed on the amendment sheet.
Council was asked to note the political composition of the Council following the Splott by-election; to approve the allocation of seats on Committees to political groups in accordance with the Political Balance Rules; and to make corresponding changes to the appointments of Members to serve on each of the standing Committees in accordance with relevant Party Group wishes. RESOLVED: Council AGREED: a. To note the revised political composition of the Council as set out in the report; b. To approve the updated Allocation of Seats for Committees at Appendix A; c. To receive nominations from Party Groups in respect of any changes to the seats allocated to each Group as attached at Appendix B (to be published on the amendment sheet); d. To appoint Members to each Committee where the political allocations have changed, in accordance with the nominations received from the relevant Party Groups as detailed on the amendment sheet.
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RESOLVED: Council AGREED: a. To appoint the Independent Members shown in Appendix A effective from 1st December 2026, subject to receipt of satisfactory references, for an initial 5-year term of office, with the possibility of reappointment for one further 5-year term; b. appoint Dr Janet Wademan BA, PhD, FCMI, FRSA for a second 5 year term of office from 1st October 2026 until 30th September 2031.
Council was asked to consider the recommendation of the Governance & Audit Committee held on 14th July to appoint two Independent Members, also known as Lay Members, to the Committee with effect from 1st December, and to re-appoint Dr Janet Wademan for a second five-year term of office from 1st October. RESOLVED: Council AGREED: a. To appoint the Independent Members shown in Appendix A effective from 1st December 2026, subject to receipt of satisfactory references, for an initial 5-year term of office, with the possibility of reappointment for one further 5-year term; b. appoint Dr Janet Wademan BA, PhD, FCMI, FRSA for a second 5 year term of office from 1st October 2026 until 30th September 2031.
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RESOLVED: Council AGREED: - To note that Cllr Imran Latif has been found in breach of the Members’ Code of Conduct and suspended as a councillor for a period of 2 months, with effect from 9th July 2026 until midnight on 8th September 2026.
Council was informed of the suspension of Cllr Imran Latif for a period of 2 months, which was imposed by the Standards & Ethics Committee Hearings Panel after a hearing held on 10th June 2026 following a referral from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales. RESOLVED: Council AGREED: - To note that Cllr Imran Latif has been found in breach of the Members’ Code of Conduct and suspended as a councillor for a period of 2 months, with effect from 9th July 2026 until midnight on 8th September 2026.
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