To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive any declarations of interest by Members in respect of items on this agenda.

To inform Cabinet on the latest improvement position and the response to the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) review report.

To invite Cabinet to approve the draft Medium term Financial Management Strategy (MTFMS) as a basis for consultation both within the Council and with strategic partners prior to approval of the final document in October 2006.

To advise Cabinet of responses received during the consultation process on the Strategy Framework and proposals to take the Framework forward.

To update Cabinet on progress made in relation to homelessness prevention in Herefordshire.

To provide an outturn report on the Council’s Pay and Workforce Development Strategy operating plan for 2005/06 (following the report to Cabinet on 26th January 2006).

To note the draft report of the Strategic Monitoring Committee to Council.

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS

In the opinion of the Proper Officer, the next item/items will not be, or is/are likely not to be, open to the public and press at the time it is/they are considered.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item/items of business on the grounds that it involves/they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12(A) of the Act as indicated below.