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A meeting attended by all 99 Members of the Council and Chaired by the Lord Mayor
A
A
You
now
to
some
better
news.
I
would
like
to
extend
congratulations
to
those
recipients
from
leeds
who
worked
and
volunteered
in
leeds
who
have
been
recognized
in
her
majesty
the
queen
queens
21
birthday,
honours
list.
I
have
written
to
them
all
to
offer
my
warmest
congratulations
on
this
well-deserved
award.
A
A
A
A
A
A
C
C
Once
again,
may
I
start
by
offering
my
thanks
to
all
our
volunteer
groups
across
the
city
and
to
the
professionals
in
all
spheres
who
continue
to
work
tirelessly
through
the
pandemic.
Without
your
help,
we
will
be
in
a
much
worse
position.
So
thank
you
once
again,
my
lord
mayor,
I'd
like
to
start
with
minute
37
development
of
the
left
shift
blueprint,
as
shown
in
the
reports,
the
health
and
well-being
board.
C
There
is
plenty
of
good
work
happening
across
the
city
that
we
ought
to
be
proud
of,
but,
as
always,
there
is
more
that
can
be
done.
The
left
shift
blueprint
has
an
emphasis
on
prevention
and
personalized
proactive
care.
This
is
a
good
thing.
Those
suffering
with
long-term
chronic
illnesses
are
often
best
placed
to
know
how
their
illness
is
affecting
them.
At
that
very
moment,
working
in
equal
partnership
with
professionals
should
be
able
to
deliver
more
tailored
care
with
the
individual
at
the
center
leading
to
more
positive
outcomes.
C
A
one-size-fits-all
approach,
however,
does
not
work.
Consultation
at
the
earliest
opportunity
needs
to
mean
exactly
that.
Not
a
box
ticking
exercise
on
a
decision
already
made
left
shift
is
also
about
removing
health
inequality
across
the
city,
while
my
own
ward
could
be
described
as
affluent
and
prosperous
when
compared
to
others,
it
does
not
mean
inequality
does
not
exist.
C
Many
older
and
vulnerable
residents
in
the
rural
villages
in
the
outer
northeast
and
other
outer
areas
suffer
with
terrible
social
isolation,
which
impacts
their
mental
and
physical
health.
Adding
to
this
is
the
limited
access
to
services,
medical
or
otherwise.
As
a
simple
example,
poor
transport
links
to
the
city
and
beyond
that
getting
to
and
from
hospital
appointments
for
some
residents
is
now
impossible.
C
These
all
create
barriers
to
accessing
basic
services
that
many
in
other
parts
of
the
city
take
for
granted.
Left
shift
is
a
good
foundation,
but
we
must
ensure
that
in
tackling
inequality,
we
cover
all
areas
and
aspects
and
make
certain
there
are
no
unintended
consequences
in
combating
inequalities
for
some
and
not
others.
C
C
C
Clearly,
the
vaccination
program
is
having
the
desired
effect
of
breaking
the
infection
link
and
hospital
hospitalizations,
but
we
must
keep
the
momentum
going
to
encourage
all
those
eligible
to
have
the
vaccine
as
soon
as
they're
able
to
do
so.
This
is
recognized
by
our
partners
as
a
vital
tool
in
managing
our
recovery
going
forward.
So
we
must
not.
A
C
A
D
A
lot
there,
every
three
years,
lee
city
council
and
lead
ccg,
produce
a
joint
strategic
assessment
known
as
jsa
that
informs
our
health
and
well-being
strategy.
This
year's
gsa
demonstrates
how
collaboration
data
and
intelligence
sharing
across
the
council
key
partners
in
the
third
sector,
universities
and
anchor
institutions
has
greatly
increased
over
the
last
year.
The
joint
strategic
assessment
will
give
us
the
data
we
need
to
advocate
for
our
communities
and
create
the
compassionate
and
effective
services
and
support
that
our
residents
need.
Lord
may,
we
all
know
covet
has
been
devastating
for
our
communities.
D
Children
and
young
people
are
one
of
the
worst
affected
groups,
particularly
in
terms
of
academic
pressures,
the
labor
market
and
mental
health
outcomes.
Whilst
dealing
with
these
challenges,
we
also
need
to
realize
the
possibilities
going
forward.
Our
city,
our
city-wide,
our
education,
employment
offer
will
be
vital
to
this.
The
challenge
is
significant
and
we
will
need
help
to
do
this,
despite
having
almost
as
many
areas
in
the
most
deprived
decile
as
manchester
or
liverpool.
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D
E
Thank
you,
lord
mayor,
I'd
like
to
speak
on
the
future
in
my
lead
strategy.
Sadly,
the
past
18
months
have
had
a
huge
impact
on
some
children
and
young
people's
mental
health.
They've
seen
major
disruption
to
their
school
attendance
had
limited
opportunities
to
socialize
or
exercise
with
friends
and
wider
family
whilst
having
the
ongoing
anxiety
and
uncertainty
of
the
pandemic.
E
E
Over
the
past
five
years,
partners
have
come
together
to
support
and
improve
the
mental
health
and
well-being
of
infants,
children
and
young
people
creating
and
developing
excellent
resources
and
essential
services,
such
as
the
24
7
telephone
support
for
those
in
mental
health
crisis
or
distress,
and
a
community
eating
disorder
service.
In
my
own
ward
of
armly,
we're
celebrating
the
progress
on
a
new
22-bed
inpatient
children
and
adolescents
mental
health
units.
E
But
despite
these
really
positive
developments,
there
is
much
more
to
do
nationally.
There
has
been
poor
investment
into
children's
mental
health
services.
As
a
recent
children's
commissioner's
report,
highlighted
ccg
areas
on
average
spend
a
staggering
14
times
more
on
adult
mental
health
services
than
on
services
for
children.
If
you
combine
this
with
the
increasing
demand
and
the
potential
impact
of
covid19,
the
future
in
mind,
strategy
is
a
priority
for
the
city.
We
need
to
continue
to
build
on
the
strong
foundation.
E
We
have
created,
building
more
capacity
and
a
more
effectively
joined
up
service
office
offer
across
the
system.
I
particularly
like
to
highlight
the
strategy's
priority
of
strengthening
our
response
to
children
and
young
people
who've
experienced
trauma.
We
recognize
the
huge
impact
adverse
childhood
experience
can
have
on
mental
health
throughout
someone's
whole
life.
We
will
develop
trauma-informed
practice
across
the
city
with
clear
access
to
expert
advice
and
intervention
when
needed.
This
will
enable
more
children
and
young
people
to
understand
how
life
events
may
have
impacted
their
future
mental
health.
E
We
welcome
the
government's
first
steps
in
tackling
this
issue,
such
as
the
investments
announced
earlier
this
year.
However,
it
does
not
go
far
enough.
Children
make
up
a
fifth
of
our
population,
but
do
not
get
a
fifth
of
the
funding
for
mental
health
services
and
to
spend
on
services
at
an
earlier
age
can
prevent
more
costly,
longer-term
issues
or
crisis
situations
arising.
A
F
Councillor
harrington,
thank
you
for
your
presence
on
the
health
and
wellbeing
board
and
your
contributions,
and
particularly
your
advocacy
for
the
health
needs
of
people
who
are
in
prison.
As
you
said,
the
left
shift
group
blueprint
is
very
positive.
It's
a
focus
on
prevention,
community-based
services
in
neighbourhoods,
encouraging
healthy
lifestyles
and
giving
people
the
confidence
to
manage
their
own
well-being.
You
were
right
to
highlight
the
need
to
recognize
the
pockets
of
deprivation
that
exist
in
areas
considered
to
be
affluent
and
also
the
challenges
of
a
rural
ward.
F
I
was
very
strict
by
that
when
I
visited
wetherby
children's
center,
which
has
a
huge
geographical
reach
compared
to
the
children's
centers
in
my
own
inner
city
ward,
you
were
also
right
to
thank
the
fantastic
who
have
toiled
throughout
the
last
16
months
across
the
health
system,
and
also
you
highlighted
the
fantastic
work
of
team
leads
in
supporting
our
populations
and
rolling
out
the
vaccination
councillor.
Cunningham.
Thank
you
for
speaking
about
future.
F
There's
an
absolutely
desperate
need
for
greater
investment
for
children's
mental
health,
and
it's
really
hard
to
have
any
faith
or
confidence
that
we
will
get
that
given
there
was
almost
nothing
for
children
and
young
people
in
the
budget.
Earlier
this
year,
there's
been
a
particular
lack
of
government
support
for
the
early
years
sector
and,
frankly,
the
needs
of
children
seem
to
have
been
often
an
afterthought
throughout
the
pandemic
councillor.
Thank
you
for
speaking
about
the
joint
strategic
needs
assessment.
F
The
pandemic
has
hugely
magnified
inequalities,
which
are
already
there
and
which
the
health
and
well-being
board
and
the
city
are
passionate
about
addressing
and
the
joint
strategic
needs
assessment
will
give
us
the
data
to
do
that,
so
that
we
can
provide
support
and
services
and
community
investment
that
will
support
our
aspiration
as
a
labour
administration
that
leeds
is
a
thriving
and
also
a
compassionate
city
to
be
a
baby
in
right
through
to
grow
olding.
Thank
you,
lord
mayor.
Thank
you.
Colleagues.
G
So,
let's
get
my
cleaning
bits
done.
First,
thank
you,
lord
mayor,
and
can
I
start
by
welcoming
you
to
your
new
role
and
echoing
your
comments
about
the
england
football
team,
and
I
think
we
should
all
say
that
how
proud
we
are
of
each
and
every
single
one
of
them
for
what
they
did
on
the
pitch
and
what
they've
done
off
the
pitch
as
well.
Lord
I'd
also
like
to
extend
a
warm
welcome
to
all
of
the
new
members
of
council.
It's
not
quite
the
chamber
today.
G
It's
a
it
is
a
very
different
experience
standing
here
and
if
I
can
particularly
welcome
members
from
all
parties,
but
from
my
own
party,
councillor
dawn
siri,
councillor,
paul
alderson
and
councillor
mike
foster,
of
course,
from
asleep
and
robin
hood
ward.
We're
really
pleased
to
have
all
of
you
here
and
warm
welcome
to
all
lord
mayor,
I'm
going
to
speak
to
a
number
of
minutes,
there's
not
much
time
to
get
through
it,
so
I'm
looking
at
particularly
at
minute,
160,
25
and
26
on
page
59
and
79
to
81..
G
A
managed
approach
to
prostitution
is
shameful.
I
can't
say
I'm
pleased
it's
been
withdrawn.
Relieved
is
a
better
word
because
it
should
never
have
gone
on
for
so
long.
It
was
not
so
much
a
managed
red
light
zone,
but
a
green
light
to
men
from
around
the
country
to
come
and
abuse
vulnerable
young
women
and
children.
G
Sorry,
lord,
I'm
sticking
to
the
minute
I'm
referring
to
the
challenge
of
poverty
in
our
city.
So
thank
you.
I'm
quite
sure
you,
you
agree,
lord
mayor,
so
it's
not
so
much
a
red
light,
but
a
green
light
to
men
to
come
and
abuse
children
and
young
women
lord.
If
they're
not
happy
for
me
to
to
talk
about
this
and
hold
them
to
account,
it's
no
wonder:
they've
tried
so
hard
to
stop
us
holding
them.
Otherwise
I
will
instead.
Lord
make
a
point.
G
G
G
H
I
just
I've
just
advised
the
lord
mayor,
that
a
personal
explanation
must
relate
to
some
material
part
of
an
earlier
speech
by
the
member
seeking
to
make
a
personal
explanation.
So
could
you
first
just
explain
the
little
med
just
asked
if
you
could
just
explain
which
earlier
speech
you
were
referring
to.
G
I
H
The
lord
mayor's
just
just
said
to
me
that
he's
ruling
on
the
admissibility
of
a
personal
statement
he's
not
open
to
this
discussion
and
he's
world
that
that
he
would
like
you
not
to
make
a
personal
statement
on
the
basis
that
it
doesn't
refer
to
an
earlier
speech.
He's
also
said
in
accordance
with,
or
I've
advised
him
in
accordance
with
the
content
of
speeches,
cpr
14.4.
That
members
must
direct
their
speech
to
the
question
under
discussion,
and
that
is
the
minutes,
and
the
minutes
do
not
actually
refer
to
a
managed
approach.
Council.
H
G
G
So,
lord
mayor,
my
final
point,
if
I
may
is
I
do
hope
this
is
not
being
used
as
an
opportunity
by
this
minute
administration
to
hide
away
from
accountability,
to
hide
away
from
people
shining
a
spotlight
when
they
get
things
wrong.
And
the
final
final
point
we're
pleased
they've
reversed
their
position
on
the
manage
zone.
I
hope
they
will
do
the
same
on
the
care
homes.
A
A
A
J
Thank
you,
lord
mayor.
I'm
sure
you'll
be
pleased
that
I
am
going
to
keep
to
minute
25,
which
I
put
down
to
speak
to
on
the
other
paper,
which
is
to
do
with
richmond
house
now
richmond
house
was
commissioned
as
an
intermediate
care
home.
I
should
say
recommissioned
because
it
was
a
home
before
that,
but
it
was.
It
was
recommissioned
as
a
rich
as
a
residential
intermediary
care
home
well
back
in
2011..
J
J
She
did
actually
fall
again
and
was
then
sent
to
a
private
home
in
east
leeds
and
although
the
home
was
very
new,
basically
the
the
atmosphere
and
everything
in
the
home
was
nothing
like
as
good.
I
have
to
say
now
we
have
one
home
in
in
in
our
part
of
leeds
the
well,
it's
the
indian,
the
altar
actually
because
the
home
is
in
new
world
where
they
have
some
beds
there.
I
haven't
been
there
recently.
J
I
have
to
say
that,
a
year
or
two
ago
what
I
was
told
about
the
home
by
somebody
who
worked
at
it,
I
wasn't
very
impressed
because
they
seemed
to
have
a
big
problem
with
getting
people
to
to
stay
there.
That
worked
there,
and
this
lady
was
called
in
on
many
an
occasion
when
she
was
off
work
to
go
in.
A
K
K
K
We're
also
expanding
our
extra
care
offer
with
an
additional
450
units
planned
across
the
city
over
the
next
two
years,
and
we
will
create
a
high
quality
residential
facility
that
will
provide
highly
specialized
residential
care
for
people
with
a
learning,
disability
or
severe
autism,
who
pro,
who
display
behaviors,
which
challenge
we
acknowledge.
The
decision
on
homely
and
richmond
house
will
cause
uncertainty
in
the
lives
of
residents,
their
families
and
staff.
K
The
transfer
of
residents
will
be
carefully
planned
and
carried
out
professionally,
sensitively
and
safely
for
home
lee
house,
where
the
council
is
currently
contributing
towards
a
resident's
care
home
fee.
There
will
be
no
financial
detriment
to
the
resident
carer
or
family
in
choosing
a
new
care
home
from
the
council's
quality
framework
list
for
richmond
house.
Respite
beds
are
means
tested,
so
there
is
no
cost
difference
between
council
and
independent
placements.
K
Officers
will
work
closely
with
all
affected
staff
and
trade
unions
with
a
view
to
retaining
and
redeploying
staff
into
other
council
services,
and
we've
made
a
commitment
in
principle
for
the
sites
to
be
used
for
much
needed
housing.
However,
we
urgently
need
the
government
to
act
over
the
past.
25
years
have
been
eight
green
papers
and
consultation
exercises
four
white
papers,
two
government
commissioned
inquiries
and
numerous
independent
recommendations
for
reform,
overseen
by
10
different
secretaries
of
state
for
health
and
14
ministers
for
care
services.
K
L
L
L
L
A
huge
consultation
was
carried
out
on
whether
these
homes
should
close
141,
separate
submissions
were
received
and
three
petitions,
one
opposing
the
closure
of
richmond
house
with
1178
signatures,
the
other
opposing
the
closure
of
home
lee
house
with
1248
signatures
and
the
petition
from
the
gmb
trade
union
members.
Now,
I
wonder
what
they
all
think
of
you.
L
L
L
A
A
M
On
that
note,
I'd
like
to
pay
tribute
to
the
quality
of
third
sector
youth
work,
provisioning
needs.
I've
been
introduced
to
many
third
sector
organizations
lately
in
my
new
portfolio
and
their
commitment
and
passion
to
delivering
great
services
shines
through
every
time.
The
review
was
set
up
on
the
principle
that
a
strong
third
sector
makes
a
market
sector
market
is
of
paramount
importance
to
youth
working
leads,
and
that
remains
the
case.
M
It
will
be
one
of
my
many
priorities
to
make
sure
that
close
partnership
working
between
the
council
and
third
sector
continues
in
leeds
I'd
like
to
finish
up
by
hiring
some
highlighting
some
of
the
many
positive
findings
of
the
youth
work
review
as
a
council
and
as
a
city.
We
don't
always
shout
loudly
enough
about
our
successes,
so
it's
good
to
see
a
piece
of
work
that
talks
about
our
good
practice
and
read
that
young
people
really
value
that
relationships
with
our
youth
workers.
M
N
I'd
like
to
speak
on
minute,
25
of
executive
board,
which
concerns
the
closure
of
homely
house
and
richmond
house
lord
mayor.
We
keep
getting
told
that
this
labour
administration
takes
decisions
like
these
with
a
heavy
heart
and
therefore
you
would
expect
them
to
jump
at
the
chance
to
review
such
decisions
and
actually
take
an
opportunity
which
presents
to
them
and
change
a
decision
for
the
better.
N
Lord
mayor,
this
is
decision
making
driven
by
arrogance.
This
council
is
meant
to
be
an
organization
that
is
interested
in
delivering
a
strong
economy
alongside
a
compassionate
city.
Yet
when
it
runs
an
exercise
in
consultation
for
the
vulnerable
who
live
in
a
residential
home
in
our
city,
it
ignores
every
opinion
other
than
its
own.
N
You
really
do
need
as
an
administration
to
take
a
look
inside
yourself
at
how
you
take
decisions,
because
currently
there
is
a
void
where
that
compassion
should
be.
Lord
mayor,
we
got
told
at
the
last
executive
board
that
the
finances
for
the
council
had
improved
significantly
since
the
council
set
its
budget
in
february
to
the
point
where
they
have
been
able
to
scroll
away
up
to
50
million
pounds
that
they
had
identified
that
they
needed
to
spend
on
services
this
year
that
they
no
longer
need
to
do
so.
N
Lord
mayor,
a
compassionate
council
would
look
at
that
money
and
see
how
it
could
be
used
to
keep
valuable
community-based
institutions
like
homely
house
and
richmond
house
open
for
the
betterment
of
the
people
of
this
city,
rather
than
just
the
budget
and
the
bottom
line
for
their
administration.
Thank
you,
lord
mayor.
Thank
you.
O
This
decision
on
its
subsequent
calling
showed
this
council
at
its
worst,
despite
the
consultation
saying
no,
including
as
council
anderson's
already
said,
the
trade
unions
you
plowed
ahead,
regardless
of
what
your
citizens
that
you
represent
were
saying.
You
ignored
them,
you're
ignoring
your
electorate.
O
There
are
alternatives
to
the
way
that
this
could
be
funded.
Obviously
nobody
in
your
group
explained
that
to
you
that
there
are
alternatives
and
you've
got
to
make
the
political
decisions.
The
calling
you
were.
The
labour
members
were
arguing,
there's
no
alternatives.
You
can't
talk
about
anything
else.
Well,
yes,
there
is,
and
also
specific
reference
to
counselor
gibson.
Yes,
you
can
fire
from
one
budget
to
another.
That's
the
whole
point
of
principal
budgeting.
O
O
O
They
didn't
live
up
to
their
own
administration's
idea
of
a
safe
and
wonderful
place
to
grow
old
in
you
turned
your
backs
on
your
own
views
in
terms
of
what
you're
doing,
please
think
again,
prove
me
wrong
that
you
do
actually
care
for
everybody
in
this
city
and
not
just
the
narrow
sections
that
you
try
and
represent
all
your
time.
Thank
you
very
much,
lord
mayor.
P
So
this
is
the
political
choice
we
made
here
in
leeds
before
the
pandemic,
hit
despite
unprecedented
pressures
on
local
authority
finances
and
despite
the
decade
of
brutal
government
cuts
that
has
been
that
has
seen.
Many
local
authorities
lose
their
youth
services
altogether,
because
youth
workers
provide
vital
lifelines
for
young
people
from
diversionary
activities,
crime
prevention
programs
and
helping
to
mitigate
the
family
strain
to
providing
young
people
with
an
environment
in
which
they
can
belong,
contribute
and
thrive.
P
P
Over
the
past
decade,
youth
crime,
mental
health
concerns
and
loneliness
among
young
people
have
all
been
on
the
rise,
while
services
for
young
people
have
been
cut
year
on
year.
Astoundingly
conservative-led
governments
have
inflicted
a
73
cut
to
youth
service
funding
nearly
1
billion
pounds,
since
2010.
P
leaders
in
the
youth
sector
have
been
pressing
for
the
youth
investment
fund
to
be
released
since
before
the
pandemic
in
order
to
rebuild
the
devastated
service.
Yet
the
government
have
failed
to
deliver
on
their
manifesto
pledge
to
provide
500
million
to
youth
services
council.
This
funding
was
pledged
over
a
year
ago.
Yet
not
a
penny
has
been
spent
and
covert.
19
has
only
worsened
the
perilous
state
youth
services
were
already
in.
P
P
I
I
And
councillor
and
caroline
has
already
commented
on
this.
The
duty
of
scrutiny
is
to
hold
the
executive,
the
executive,
to
account
to
question
the
report,
all
three
hundred
pages
of
it,
which
venna
proudly
says
she's,
read
and
so
have
I
and
has
been
the
subject
of
so-called
consultation
and
the
attitude
of
the
scrutiny
board
is
such
or
was
such
that
I
wonder
whether
they
should
read
this
for
themselves.
A
A
Q
Q
The
prime
minister
says
in
view
of
the
financial
situation
he
has
to
take
difficult
decisions,
but
I
suspect
it
was
pretty
easy
decision
to
take
money
from
poor
foreigners
who
have
no
votes
so
that
rich
people
with
votes
won't
have
to
have
their
taxes
increased
even
by
the
standards
of
this
shabby
government.
That
decision
was
shameful
and
disgraceful.
Q
Q
We
can't
completely
shield
children
from
this,
but
I'm
surprised,
there's
no
mention
in
the
report
of
any
programmes
of
poverty
proofing
in
our
schools
or
council
services
and
perhaps
councillor
venom
might
be
able
to
address
that
and
does
something
up.
But
the
real
message
I
get
from
this
report
is
how
little
we
as
a
council
can
do
the
benefit
system,
especially
universal
credit,
is
simply
not
dealing
with
the
financial
stresses
that
people
are
facing.
Q
Poor
and
overcrowded
housing
is
adding
to
family
stress,
especially
especially
when
they
can
see
no
pathway
to
improved
housing
with
long
waiting
times
for
social
housing
and
the
insecurity
of
private,
renting,
a
school
system
that
results
in
good
schools
in
good
neighborhoods,
rather
than
every
school
being
a
good
school
and,
above
all,
it's
a
lack
of
political
willingness
to
address
those
structural
causes
of
poverty.
Until
we
have
housing
policies
that
don't
assume
that
home
ownership
counseling.
A
Q
This
is
my
last
sentence.
Thank
you.
Unless
we
have
policies
that
don't
assume
that
ownership
is
the
answer
to
everything
until
there's
a
fundamental
rethink
about
the
redistribution
of
wealth
and
we
move
away
from
the
benefit
system
that
consolidates
poverty
rather
than
removes
it,
we're
simply
tinkering
with
the
problem.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
R
Thank
you.
Lord
mayor,
I
made
speak
about
childhood
food
poverty,
but
I
think
before
I
get
started,
I
think
I
was,
as
many
of
us
were
shocked,
to
hear
counselor
carter
belittling
austerity.
When
from
this
government,
our
council
has
lost
two
billion
pounds.
The
decisions
we
make
are
not
decisions
we
want
to.
They
are
decisions
we
are
being
forced
to
and
in
fact
conservative
cuts
could
have
paid
for
those
two,
those
care
homes
over
a
thousand
times
over.
So
I'll
hear
no
lectures
from
councillor
carter
about
those
difficult
decisions.
R
R
I
was
really
pleased
to
see
recognition
of
the
work
in
leeds
to
promote
the
healthy
start
vouchers
scheme.
The
uptake
of
these
vouchers,
which
provide
milk
fresh
fruits,
vegetables
to
new
parents
on
low
incomes,
has
sadly
slumped
across
the
country
and
in
no
small
part
to
the
government
dragging
their
heels
over
bringing
the
system
online
with
outdated
paper
systems
that
were
even
more
inaccessible
during
the
pandemic.
R
In
leeds
our
dedicated
health
visitors
and
children's
services
staff
have
worked
to
promote
the
scheme
providing
paper,
copies
of
applications,
encouraging
private
nurseries
to
advertise
to
families
and
including
those
forms
in
new
birth
packs.
We
must
continue
to
do
all
we
can.
It
is
simply
unacceptable
that
here
in
the
uk
there
are
people
who
cannot
afford
food
to
put
food
on
the
table
and
children
are
going
hungry
for
the
upcoming
summer
holidays.
R
But
what
has
become
really
very
clear
over
the
last
16
months
is
that
only
through
repeatedly
shaming
the
government
for
their
failures?
Will
they
take
any
action
to
address
child
hunger
and
counsel?
I
am
proud
that
this
administration
intends
to
allocate
additional
funding
so
that
over
35
000
children
and
young
people
eligible
for
free
school
meals
living
on
low
incomes
with
no
recourse
to
public
funds
will
receive
food
support
for
the
full
six
weeks
of
the
summer
holiday.
Thank
you.
S
Well
good
afternoon,
everybody-
and
thank
you,
thank
you,
lord
mayor.
I
just
want
to
comment.
First
of
all,
it
was
my
experience
when
I
was
first
elected
here
in
2016
that
council,
full
council
and
and
minutes
on
executive
board
were
for
backbenchers
and
the
opposition
to
raise
questions
about
what
happened
in
exec
board.
S
There's
no
reference
of
that
in
here,
because
it
was
omitted.
Lord
mayor,
another
point
that
was
omitted
that
council
lamb
referenced
earlier
is
the
syndemic
approach
that
the
managed
approach
in
leeds
has
delivered
to
child
poverty
in
this
city
and
connecting
that
in
an
element
that
was
omitted
from
this
report.
Lord
mayor,
a
recent
report
from
the
ucl
noted
that
for
many
sex
workers,
experience
is
syndemic
where
social
problems
such
as
poverty,
violence
and
homelessness
with
cancer.
S
I've
just
explained
lord
mayor.
Why?
Why
it's?
Why
it's
relevant?
Because
it's
what's
admitted
lord
mayor
and-
and
it
is
the
role
of
opposition
members
lord
mayor,
to
highlight,
because
we
have
effort
the
last
time
I
looked
a
free
and
fair
democracy
so
that
we
can
raise
those
points
in
arenas
like
this,
because
that
is
our
duty
and
that's
what
our
constituents
send
us
here
to
do,
and
it's
no
surprise
no
surprise,
lord
mayor,
that
this
administration
seeks
to
dampen
those
free
democratic
voices
that
dare
to
challenge
issues
that
are
omitted
by
the
administration.
S
F
The
three
papers
of
mine
which
have
been
considered
today
are
the
child
poverty
report.
The
report
outlining
the
review
of
youth
work
and
the
paper
about
closing
two
care
homes.
I've
spoken
many
times
in
the
chamber
and
in
the
media
about
child
poverty,
and
it
will
always
be
work
that
I'm
fiercely
passionate
about,
and
it
will
always
be
a
commitment
of
this
labour
administration.
F
Similarly,
having
worked
in
some
of
our
fantastic
provision
in
the
city
for
young
people,
I
was
delighted
to
present
our
model
for
youth
work
at
exec
board
and
I've
now
handed
over
the
implementation
into
the
capable
hands
of
council
harland.
Nowhere
in
any
of
my
reports
was
the
managed
approach
reference
and
I'm
glad
that's
been
challenged.
F
I
could
say
more
about
child
poverty
and
newswork,
but
I
only
have
six
minutes
and
I've
decided
to
spend
most
of
my
summing
up
time
talking
about
the
care
home
closures,
because
I
really
appreciate
that
the
closure
of
care
homes
is
distressing
to
people
who
live
and
work
in
them,
and
I
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
once
again
to
say
publicly
that
this
is
not
a
decision.
The
labour
administration
has
taken
lightly
counselor
carter,
you
complained
an
exec
board
as
well
as
here
that
the
report
was
300
pages.
F
F
Richmond
house
has
not
been
financially
viable
since
the
nhs
decommissioned
the
service
in
2017.,
it
has
run
at
an
average
occupancy
level
of
55
since
the
financial
year
2018
to
19..
I
just
said
it's
not
based
only
on
pre-pandemic
levels.
There
are
18
people
living
in
homely
house,
which
is
62
percent
and
dolphin
manor,
which
is
another
councilman
care
home
in
the
same
ward
has
14
vacancies,
meaning
if
they
wished
most
residents
will
be
able
to
stay
in
the
same
ward
in
another
council
run
care
home.
This
administration
has
protected
children's
and
adult
social
care.
F
Expenditure
on
social
care
name
now
makes
up
70
of
our
expenditure
up
from
45
10
years
ago.
That
is
where
our
compassion
is
councillor
golton.
We
are
investing
in
residential
homes
for
adults
and
children
with
disabilities
to
bring
them
back
to
leads
from
external
residential
placements
and
we're
investing
in
extra
care
housing.
F
The
2.1
million
councillor
anderson
referred
to
is
a
one-off
payment
given
to
private
sector
care
homes,
to
support
them
through
the
crisis
of
covid
care
homes.
Like
many
other
private
sector,
businesses
are
being
given
financial
support
by
the
council.
The
money
comes
from
the
government
kovac
grant
received
for
use
in
the
current
financial
year
and
whilst
the
funding
was
not
ring,
fenced
a
department
of
health
and
social
care,
letters
specifically
highlighted
that
support
of
the
care
home
sector
should
be
a
priority
for
funding.
F
Whilst
there
is
an
oversupply
of
residential
care
and
leads,
the
city
cannot
support
a
large-scale
failure
of
the
care
home
sector,
though
it
sounds
as
though
that
is
entirely
what
the
opposition
would
have
wanted
us
to
do.
That
funding
protected
the
future
of
potentially
86
care
homes
supporting
347
residents.
F
It
would
not
be
good
use
of
funding
to
spend
what
would
have
been
half
that
money,
propping
up
two
care
homes,
one
of
which
currently
has
18
residents
and
richmond
house,
which
has
six
current
regular
respite
users
and
it's
one
off
money,
but
our
care
homes
require
revenue.
Funding
year
after
year,
revenue
funding
council,
a
car
to
council
anderson
that
your
government
has
stripped
from
us
in
over
a
decade
of
swinging
cuts.
F
B
Thank
you.
Lord
mayor,
I'd
like
to
start
something
up
by
just
thanking
the
whips
of
all
groups
in
the
council
and
officers
for
working
to
get
us
this
meeting
in
a
a
safe
way
and
allow
us
to
debate
so
many
important
issues.
We
all
want
to
be
part
of
the
debate
and
the
decision-making
process
in
the
council
and,
like
I
said
I'd
like
to
thank
everybody
for
getting
us
to
this
point.
B
I
would
also
add
my
comments
as
well
to
those
that
have
congratulated
the
england
football
team
for
what
they
have
achieved
on
the
pitch
and
what
they
have
stood
for.
I'm
sure
there'll
be
many
people
in
this
room
who
were
very
moved
with
gestures
like
the
harry
kane,
wearing
a
rainbow
captain's
armband
during
the
germany
game
and
also
the
players
taking
the
knee
before
each
game
in
in
opposition
to
racial
discrimination.
B
It's
about
how
we
work,
in
partnership
with
the
health
service,
how
we
work
in
partnership
with
our
residents,
the
investment
we
have
put
in
services
to
achieve
that
and
how
we
give
people
control
over
their
own
lives
and
and
do
that
in
a
way
that
is
working
with
people.
That
is
tremendously
important.
I
think
it
is
something
that
we
should
all
be
proud
of,
that
we
have
achieved
in
the
in
the
council.
I
was
pleased
councillor
harrington
recognized.
There
was
lots
of
good
work
happening
there.
B
B
Turning
to
some
of
the
issues
covered
in
the
executive
board
minutes-
and
I
think
council
venner
excellently
summed
up
the
minute
on
care
homes,
and
I
was
interested
to
listen
to
some
of
the
comments
made
during
that
you
know.
There's
a
a
few
comments.
I
want
to
pick
up
on
council
golton
says
the
council's
in
a
rosy
financial
position.
I
don't
know
which
planet
you're
living
on
council
got.
B
If
you
think
the
council
finances
are
in
a
good
position,
you
know
I
I'm
old
enough
to
remember
the
lib
dem
conservative
coalition
government
and
the
lib
dems
were
responsible
for
two
thirds
of
our
annual
reduction
in
in
the
council
budget,
and-
and
you
know
when
you
were
in
the
when
you
were
in
government,
the
conservatives,
you
didn't
take
council
resources
seriously.
That's
probably
why
you
get
your
figures
wrong
on
the
council's
financial
position.
B
Looking
at
some
of
the
other
comments
made
as
as
well
again
around
many
of
the
issues
that
faces
around
austerity,
it
is,
as
members
mentioned
in
speaking
on
the
minutes.
We
have
had
two
billion
pounds
taken
away
from
council
resources,
I'm
afraid
council
carter
will
keep
referring
to
that,
because
that
significantly
impacts
the
decisions
we
have
to
make.
Yet,
despite
that,
despite
that,
as
speakers
have
referred
to
earlier,
we
are
investing
in
in
many
areas
to
try
and
alleviate
some
of
the
issues
focused
on
the
child.
B
We
have
a
council
house
building
program
aimed
at
addressing
that
the
biggest
we've
ever
had
for
in
a
while,
far
bigger
than
anything
the
conservatives
lib
dems
achieved
when
they
ran
this
council.
Let's
not
forget
that,
and
that
is
the
investment
we
are
making
to
try
and
alleviate
child
poverty
in
this
city.
Council
bentley
referred
to
the
benefit
system.
B
In
that
again,
it
was
a
very
well
thought
out
and
and
useful
and
moving
contribution,
though
I
have
to
say,
council
bentley,
I
remember
when
you
were
in
government
with
the
conservatives,
you
traded
plastic
bag
charges
for
tightening
benefit
sanctions.
So,
let's
you
know
sometimes
I
remember
the
I
remember
the
lib
dem's
contribution
to
these
problems
as
well.
Yes,
your
party
were
in
government
council
evently.
You
were
part
of
that.
You
were
part
of
that.
B
Let's
not
forget
your
record
as
lib
dems
on
these
issues,
and
I
think
that
is.
That
is
something
that
that
is
something
that
and
we
will
remember
going
forward,
but,
like
I
say
we
will
work
as
an
administration
to
tackle
the
problems
caused
by
the
government's
approach
to
public
services,
the
benefit
system,
housing
and
things
like
that.
We
are
out
there.
We
are
investing
in
tackling.
I
will
take
no
lectures
from
anybody.
Who's
been
involved
in
the
parties
that
have
delivered
austerity
and
being
a
compassionate
city.
B
We
put
the
money
in
to
the
services.
We
need
we're,
investing
in
more
children's
homes,
we're
investing
extra
care
housing,
we're
investing
in
new
council
housing,
we're
investing
in
homes
for
children
and
adults
with
disability,
we're
investing
in
school
places
for
children
special
educational
needs.
I
am
proud
of
our
record
of
investment.
B
We
know
what
the
conservative
attitude
is
to
children
that
need
free
school
meals,
and
I
hope
council
anderson
wasn't
suggesting
children
who
are
going
hungry
in
this
city
are
a
favored
labor
group,
because
if
he
was,
I
would
be
proud
to
say
that,
and
it
was
a
account
surprise
contribution
to
the
fact
that
we
will
fund
free
school
meals
for
children
in
the
summer
holidays
in
this
city.
This
is
what
this
is.
What
a
compassionate
city
looks
like
this
is
what
our
administration
will
do.
I'm
proud
of
all
this.
B
We
know
the
conservative
government
record.
They
had
to
be
shamed
by
some
of
the
footballers
playing
in
the
european
championship
to
do
it
before
they
will
still
not
adequately
fund
it
during
the
school
holidays.
We
will
do
that.
We
don't
have
a
vip
line
for
our
mates
to
get
contracts.
We
we've.
I,
like
the
conservatives,
do
we
fund,
we
will
put
the
money
into
funding
children
that
need
those
meals
through
the
school
holidays.
I'm
proud
of
that.
This
is
what
we're
doing
in
this
city.