The 'Leader and Cabinet' model of decision-making, first
adopted in 2001, is similar to national government.
The Council appoints the Leader of the Council (usually a
member of the group with the political majority) and he or she
appoints up to nine other Councillors
(usually of the same political group as the Leader) to serve with
the Leader on the Cabinet. One of the Cabinet Members is
appointed Deputy Leader. The Cabinet Members assume
responsibility for different key areas of local
governance.
The Cabinet is responsible for running the Council services
and ensuring best value is delivered, implementing policies and
delivering services, approving new policies other than major
policies, playing a leadership role within and generally promoting
the economic, environmental and social well-being of the
city.
The responsibility for decisions has transferred to the Council's
Executive which consists of the Cabinet and individual Cabinet
members. Decisions made by the Executive will be posted on this
site within two days of them being made and are called
Executive Decisions.
The leader publishes a rolling programme outlining the 'key decisions',
‘decisions to be taken in private’ and ‘non-key
decisions’ likely to be taken over the next few months.
This is called the
Forward Plan of Executive Decisions.
The delegated functions for
Cabinet and Cabinet Members can be seen in the Executive Functions
section of the
Council’s constitution.
Current
Cabinet Members can be seen at:
https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/council/councillors/cabinet-members/