Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Growth and Core Services presented a report of the Pay Policy Statement 2024/25.

Under the terms of the Localism Act 2011 the Council must agree, before the start of the new financial year, a pay policy statement relating to the remuneration of its chief officers and the remuneration of its other employees. The Act also set out the matters which must be covered in the statement.

The Council’s draft Pay Policy Statement for 2024/25 was attached Appendix A and set out the expected position at 1 April 2024.

The Assembly resolved to approve the Pay Policy Statement for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for 2024/25 as set out at Appendix A to the report, for publication on the Council’s website with effect from April 2024.

The Leader introduced a report on the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2024/25, which the Council was required to agree annually in accordance with the Localism Act 2011.

The Leader referred to the various elements that made up the Pay Policy Statement and the prudent approach taken by the Council in respect of the remuneration of its senior management in view of the significant financial pressures that it faced.

Cabinet resolved to recommend the Assembly to approve the Pay Policy Statement for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for 2024/25 as set out at Appendix A to the report, for publication on the Council’s website with effect from April 2024.