Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Growth and Investment reported on the outcome of a review of the Council’s Debt Management Policy, first approved in October 2011.

The policy remained largely unchanged although greater emphasis was given to debt advice and prevention through early engagement and the advice services and support that would be available to individuals who were having difficulty in paying their bills.  The Cabinet Member stressed that the Council would continue to take all available and necessary steps to recover outstanding debts, with particular emphasis given to those that chose not to pay.

The Cabinet resolved to approve the revised Debt Management Policy as set out at Appendix A to the report.