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DRAFT ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 2025/26 AND ACTION PLAN FOR 2026/27

Decision Maker: Finance, Audit and Risk Committee

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

For the Finance, Audit & Risk Committee to review the draft Annual Governance Statement (AGS) for the year 2025/26. The Statement reviews the Council’s governance arrangements for the 2025/26 period. It also includes a proposed Action Plan to update/improve those arrangements for the next financial year (2026/27).

Decision:

RESOLVED: That the Committee reviewed and commented on the draft Annual Governance Statement and Action Plan at Appendix A.

 

REASONS FOR DECISION:

 

(1)   The Annual Governance Statement (AGS) must be considered and approved by this Committee before the approval of the Statement of Accounts under Regulation 6(4)(a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations (‘AAR’) 2015/234. The Council is required to publish a draft AGS alongside publishing its draft Statement of Accounts, which it needs to do by the end of June.

 

(2)   The Committee is the legal body with responsibility for approval of the AGS.

 

(3)   Reporting the draft AGS and Action Plan at this stage provides an opportunity for the Committee to assess and comment on the draft, before it is finalised and brought back for approval.

Report author: Reuben Ayavoo

Publication date: 12/06/2026

Date of decision: 10/06/2026

Decided at meeting: 10/06/2026 - Finance, Audit and Risk Committee

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