The Cabinet is a group of
Councillors who work with Council staff to run the Council and take
most decision, except those about major policy issues or setting
the annual budget (which only the Council Meeting can do) or
decisions on whether to give planning permissions or licenses,
which only the Planning and Licensing committees can
do.
The Leader of the Council chairs
meetings of the Cabinet and is elected for a four year term. The
Cabinet is currently made up of seven Councillors who each have
responsibility for special areas of the Council. The Cabinet can
only make decisions within the scope of the overall Budget and
Policy Framework set by the Council Meeting. If the Cabinet wants
to make a decision outside the Budget and Policy Framework then it
has to get the Council Meeting to agree.
More information about the role
of the Cabinet can be found in the Council’s
Constitution