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Cabinet
The Cabinet is the Council's executive branch, responsible for proposing the policy framework and budget to the rest of the Council and for taking decisions on resources and priorities throughout the year. The Cabinet delivers and implements the budget and policies decided by the Council.
Portfolio Holders
The Cabinet is currently constituted as follows:
Leader
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| Alan Jarrett | |
| Responsibilities | |
| Communications and marketing | |
| Finance | |
| Strategic leadership of the Council | |
Deputy Leader and Housing and Community Services
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| Howard Doe | |
| Responsibilities | |
| Adult learning | |
| All housing services (including HRA) | |
| Archives | |
| Armed Forces Covenant | |
| Climate change | |
| Events and festivals | |
| Greenspaces | |
| Heritage | |
| Homelessness and housing options | |
| Leisure services | |
| Libraries and community hubs | |
| Medway Commercial Group | |
| Medway Development Company | |
| Sporting legacy | |
| Theatres and arts | |
| Tourism | |
| Voluntary sector | |
Adults' Services
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|
| David Brake | |
| Responsibilities | |
| Adults' mental health and disability services (including learning and physical disabilities) | |
| Adults' partnership commissioning (25+) and Better Care Fund | |
| Community care | |
| Health and health partnerships | |
| Independent safeguarding and review service | |
| Older people | |
| Public health - lead member, including health and wellbeing board | |
Business Management
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|
| Rupert Turpin | |
| Responsibilities | |
| Audit and counter fraud | |
| Bereavement services | |
| Business management | |
| Commissioning | |
| Community centres | |
| Community wardens | |
| Customer contact | |
| Democracy and governance | |
| Emergency planning | |
| Income generation including new joint ventures | |
| Medway Norse | |
| Registration | |
| Revenue and benefits | |
| Risk management and performance monitoring | |
Children's Services - Lead Member
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|
| Josie Iles | |
| Responsibilities | |
| Children's partnership commissioning (0-25) | |
| Children's provider services (including adoption, fostering, supported accommodation and residential care) | |
| Children's social care and safeguarding services including safeguarding board | |
| Early help (including Medway Action For Families, youth offending team (YOT) and youth services) | |
| Inclusion | |
| SEND including mental health | |
| SEND transport | |
Education and Schools
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|
| Martin Potter | |
| Responsibilities | |
| Early years | |
| Education safeguarding | |
| Further education | |
| Further education and higher education liaison | |
| Mainstream school transport | |
| Newly qualified teachers | |
| Primary and secondary educational improvement | |
| School organisation and capital projects | |
| School services (including admissions and Medway Test) | |
| Schools liaison | |
| Youth champion (including Medway youth council) | |
Front Line Services
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|
| Phil Filmer | |
| Responsibilities | |
| Highways | |
| Parking | |
| Public transport | |
| Street cleaning and waste collection/recycling/waste disposal | |
| Street lighting | |
| Traffic management | |
| Transport strategy | |
| Travel safety | |
Inward Investment, Strategic Regeneration and Partnerships
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|
| Rodney Chambers | |
| Responsibilities | |
| External funding including Local Growth Fund | |
| Heritage champion | |
| Inward investment | |
| Medway the place | |
| Strategic partnerships | |
| Strategic regeneration and planning | |
Planning, Economic Growth and Regulation
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|
| Jane Chitty | |
| Responsibilities | |
| Economic development | |
| Employment | |
| High streets | |
| Licensing (executive functions only) | |
| Local plan | |
| Markets | |
| Planning policy | |
| Regulation - environmental health, trading standards and enforcement (executive functions only) | |
| Social regeneration | |
| South Thames Gateway Building Control Partnership | |
Resources
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|
| Adrian Gulvin | |
| Responsibilities | |
| Business and administration support service | |
| Category management / procurement | |
| CCTV | |
| Community safety partnership | |
| Complaints policy and management | |
| Council plan and performance and service improvement | |
| HR | |
| ICT | |
| Legal | |
| Property | |
| Transformation and digital services | |
| Travellers | |
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