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Cabinet agreed to join a new Gwent-wide social care workforce development service, which Caerphilly County Borough Council will host. It also agreed to award a framework for building and electrical maintenance work and to appoint contractors for Lots 3 and 4.
Cabinet considered the month 4 financial forecast for 2026/27, which showed a favourable revenue variance of £237,000, and agreed to note the forecasts and approve additions to the capital programme. It also delegated authority to appoint Willmott Dixon as the strategic development partner for Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent, at a cost of up to £300,000 plus VAT over 12 months.
Cabinet agreed a first set of Local Growth Fund projects worth £3.53 million, and no spending until a formal agreement with Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council is signed. It also approved a single council-wide grant application process and a revised major grants scheme for community and voluntary groups, which will start in April 2028.
Cabinet met on 2 June 2026. It noted the 2025/26 budget outturn, which showed an underspend of about £3.3 million, and agreed to put part of it into reserves (money set aside for future use) and to spend an extra £500,000 on the highways network.
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Cabinet agreed for Torfaen Council to give notice to leave the Gwent frailty Section 33 agreement, a joint arrangement for services for older and frail residents. The notice period is 12 months, and a local replacement agreement will be developed within that time. The meeting also heard that Monmouthshire and Caerphilly had already decided to exit.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Cabinet heard that the in-year budget forecast is £151,000 better than planned, and that the 2026-27 settlement turns a £2.5 million gap into a £2.5 million surplus. It approved starting a consultation on a new Welsh-medium additional learning needs base and awarded a care contract for the Ty George Lansbury and Ty Cae Nant extra care schemes.
Cabinet approved the Council Tax base for 2026/27, the measure of the Council's tax-raising power used when setting the budget. It also kept the nil discount on second homes and empty properties and agreed that a further report on premiums will come later.
Cabinet noted the initial revenue budget estimates for 2026/27 and the latest forecast for 2025/26. It agreed to use £1.5 million from the Pride in Place Impact Fund for the first phase of the Pontypool placemaking plan, approved the Climate and Nature Emergency Annual Report for 2024/25, and noted the complaints annual report. It also agreed to reduce the quorum for the National Joint Committee for the National Adoption Service for Wales and Foster Wales.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Cabinet met on 8 July 2025 and considered five reports. It agreed to enter a partnership with Blaenau Gwent to seek a development partner for regeneration, to adopt a new Asset Management Strategy for 2025 to 2030, and to add new children's play areas to the dog control order. It also acknowledged progress on Children's Services finances and approved updated anti-fraud and governance documents.
On 27 May 2025 the Cabinet considered the council's final financial position for 2024/25, which showed a favourable variance of £834,000 after transfers to reserves. It noted the outturn and approved the contributions to reserves. It also awarded the Mental Health Support Service contract to the winning provider after a tender, and it changed the council's appointments to joint committees and partnership bodies.
Cabinet approved a Recycling and Waste Strategy for 2025 to 2030 and awarded a £7.2 million contract for two projects in Pontypool. It also agreed to keep buying school improvement services from the EAS, changed the shared SRS technology service and adopted a Children and Young People's Participation Strategy.
Cabinet approved the 2025/26 budget proposals for recommendation to full Council and noted the revised Medium-Term Financial Plan. It also approved a one-year programme of Shared Prosperity Fund projects, agreed the arrangements for a Panel Performance Assessment, and nominated a substitute to a joint committee on adoption and fostering.
Cabinet considered the contract to run Torfaen's leisure services and agreed to award it to Halo Leisure Services, a company based in England with a presence in Wales. It also agreed to let Halo join the Greater Gwent (Torfaen) Pension Fund.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Cabinet agreed to note the early 2025/26 budget position, set the 2025/26 Council Tax base and adopt a new waste education and enforcement policy. It awarded the contract for the New Inn recycling centre and approved strategies on sports and leisure and housing support. It also adopted a three-phase Project Apollo Energy programme and expanded home insulation support.
Cabinet agreed to change the council's dog control rules, known as a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), to ban dogs from new marked sports pitches and children's play areas on public land. It endorsed, subject to available resources, the actions in Torfaen's Local Area Energy Plan for 2024-30. It also noted the 2023/24 annual complaints report and agreed to keep supporting the central Complaints and FOI Team.
Cabinet considered how to close a £3.2 million overspend in Children's Services and agreed to note a recovery plan, with update reports due in January. It also approved a fee structure for licensing Special Procedures such as tattooing, and awarded a homelessness support contract to one provider.
The Cabinet considered the council's financial forecast for 2024/25. The position at month four showed an overspend of just over £3.5 million, mainly in Children's Services. Cabinet agreed to note and approve the initial forecasts and actions, and to receive two further reports in October.
Cabinet agreed to award the construction contract for the Greenmeadow Farm Rejuvenation project to Contractor Number 4, at a cost of £3,723,399.54. The decision was urgent because of programme timescales, so it was not subject to call-in, a process that lets councillors ask for a scrutiny review before a decision takes effect.
Cabinet agreed two contracts for children's services. It allowed Early Years Managers to award Flying Start childcare places to providers that apply through a dynamic procurement process (a buying system that stays open to new applicants), with an estimated value of £4,024,160 over four years. It also awarded the contract for the Greenhill Bungalow children's care home to a not-for-profit provider after a tender.
It agreed to note the year's financial out-turn and approved changes to reserves, which are funds set aside for future use. It also agreed to sell the former Abersychan Library and Fairfield House, and made member appointments to outside bodies.
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It also awarded an insurance contract and approved the construction phase for a replacement Maendy Primary School in Cwmbran, at its meeting on 20 February 2024.
Cabinet considered four items on 16 January 2024: the budget, a recycling improvement plan, the Springboard business centre and a plan to rehouse homeless people more quickly. It noted the current budget forecast and endorsed measures to address the 2024/25 position. It approved the recycling plan and the Springboard business case, and it endorsed the Rapid Rehousing Plan.
Cabinet approved the 2024/25 council tax base and noted the latest budget forecast, which still leaves a gap to close for 2024/25. It approved the Torfaen Canal Strategy and Action Plan for 2024 to 2034 and awarded a contract for end user devices. It also noted the 2022/23 annual complaints report.