Over the last few days the Economic Inactivity Inquiry Panel members have visited two Communities First sites, to see for themselves the work that is being carried out in the community to help the most disadvantaged people in the most deprived areas. The key priority is to engage with people who are considered to be […]
Focusing on What Matters – Planning the Year Ahead
May 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday scrutiny councillors took part in their second annual work planning conference. As with last year’s event, the aim was to prioritise a small number of topics for in depth work. The key is get the maximum impact by focusing on the issues where scrutiny can make the biggest difference. This means finding those areas that have […]
What matters to the public?
May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We are constantly asking the public to rate the importance of scrutiny inquiry topics. Over the past 2 years we have asked the public to rate the importance of 14 different scrutiny topics. The results below shows the topics in ranked order of importance: Tackling unemployment and economic inactivity (51%) Literacy in schools (45%) Attainment and wellbeing of […]
Communities First – Working to Improve Economic Inactivity
April 24, 2013 by 2 Comments
The Inquiry Panel met this week to hear about the work being carried out in Swansea by Communities First, in respect of economic inactivity. Caroline Carter, Community Regeneration Co-ordinator and Ryland Doyle, Cabinet Member for Target Areas, attended the meeting and explained how Communities First is making an appreciable impact on the areas where […]
Corporate Improvement & Budget Scrutiny Performance Panel
April 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Panel met on 17th April 2013 to look at the Council’s Performance over the 3rd quarter of 2012 (Oct – Dec). Richard Rowlands, Business Performance Manager for the local authority, attended the meeting, to take the panel members through the performance tables and answer any related questions. The performance figures were discussed and areas […]
Public transport scrutiny inquiry draws to a close
April 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The panel set up to look at how public transport impacts on social inclusion