The Cabinet (also known as the Executive)
is at the heart of the day-to-day decision-making process. It has a
key role in proposing the budget and policy framework to the
Council for adoption and is responsible for making and implementing
executive decisions in accordance with the approved budget and
policy framework.
Cabinet does not have responsibility for
quasi-judicial and regulatory functions such as planning and
licensing, and these are delegated by the Council to separate
decision-making committees.
The Cabinet (meaning the Leader of the
Council and such other Members of the Council as the Leader may
appoint) will carry out all of the local authority's functions
which are not the responsibility of any other part of the local
authority, whether by law or under the Council’s
Constitution. The Leader may however, make arrangements to delegate
some matters to the Cabinet, a Cabinet Committee, individual
Cabinet members, or to officers. Provision has been made in the
Constitution for both collective decision-making and
decision-making by the Leader of the Council and individual elected
members.