The Policy Committee is responsible for functions including:
- Oversight of strategy, policy and budget
- All services in the Chief Executive’s Office and Resources Directorate
- Voluntary sector grants
- Economic development and regeneration
- Corporate land, buildings and assets – including where the Council is Trustee
- Overview of service performance and improvement across all Council services
- Partnerships including the LEP, Reading UK CIC, City Deal
- Decisions cutting across service committee areas
- Urgent decisions on all functions of the authority, including on behalf of other Committees
- Shareholder function for Council-owned companies
The full terms of reference can be found in Article 7 of the Council’s Constitution:
http://www.reading.gov.uk/media/1338/Constitution-of-The-Council/pdf/Constitution_of_the_Council.pdf
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