The Local Government Association (LGA) came to visit Kirklees Council in November 2024, to carry out a Corporate Peer Challenge. The Corporate Peer Challenge is key part of the LGA’s improvement and assurance framework. Local Government Peers provide feedback to the Council on a range of corporate issues, based on evidence and information provided to them, and conversations with a range of staff, Councillors, partners and other key stakeholders. The LGA provide a report, outlining feedback from the visit, and key recommendations.
This report will present an Action Plan to Cabinet, which aims to deliver improvements which address the key recommendations in the LGA report. Cabinet will be asked to approve the action plan for delivery.
Key Officers and Members were engaged in the peer challenge visit itself, which informed the LGA’s report. Key Officers and Members will be engaged in the development process, including the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Affects 2 or more wards;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 10/03/2025
Decision due: 23 Apr 2025 by Cabinet, Council
Lead member: Leader of the Council
Lead director: Executive Director for Public Health and Corporate Resources
Department: Corporate
Contact: Stephen Bonnell, Head of Policy, Partnerships & Corporate Planning Email: stephen.bonnell@kirklees.gov.uk.
Members/Officers Involved: Members - Cllr C Pattison, Cllr M Crook, Cllr G Turner, Cllr V Kendrick, Cllr B Addy, Cllr Munir Ahmed, Cllr A U Pinnock, Cllr T Hawkins, Overview & Scrutiny Management Committee Officers - Steve Mawson, Rachel Spencer-Henshall, David Shepherd, Tom Brailsford, Michelle Cross, Kevin Mulvaney, Andy Simcox, Stephen Bonnell, Michelle Hope