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  Election of Vice-Chair

  

  To elect a Vice-Chair for the remainder of the 2026/27 Municipal Year.
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  02

  Terms of Reference

  

  To note the terms of reference of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee, as set out in Appendix B to the Work and Training Plan and Action Tracker report on this agenda.
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  03

  Apologies

  
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  04

  Declarations by Members of Statutory Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Compulsory Registerable Non-Pecuniary Interests and Voluntary Registerable Non-Pecuniary Interests in Matters on this Agenda

  
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  05

  Announcements (If Any)

  

  Broadcast of the meeting

   

  The Chair to announce the following: “I would like to remind everyone that this meeting is being broadcast live by the Council and is recorded and later made available on the website.  If you are addressing the meeting, you are deemed to be consenting to having your contributions recorded and broadcast.”

   

  Any other announcements
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  06

  Deputations (If Any)

  

  Requests to speak at the Committee meeting on a matter on its agenda must be made in writing to the Democratic Services Officer named on the front of this agenda by 5pm two working days before the meeting.

   
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  07

  Notification of Any Items of Business that the Chair Decides to Take as Urgent

  
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  08

  Minutes

  

  To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 26th March 2026 as a correct record.
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  09

  External Audit Strategy 2025/26

  

  Report of the Director of Finance

   

  This report presents to the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee the plans from the external auditor Forvis Mazars for the audit of the 2025/26 accounts.

   
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  10

  Annual Treasury Management Outturn Report 2025/26

  

  Report of the Cabinet Member for Finance and Cost of Living

   

  This report presents the Council’s treasury outturn position and activity for the 2025/26 financial year. It outlines how the Council has complied with regulatory requirements and treasury indicators and provides an update on the economic context that influenced treasury decisions and performance during 2025/26.

   
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  11

  Internal Audit Annual Report 2025/26

  

  Report of the Executive Director Corporate Services

   

  This report provides the Committee with an update regarding the work undertaken by Internal Audit, in respect of delivery of the 2025-26 Internal Audit Plan, from April 2025 to June 2026.

   
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  12

  Amendments to the Constitution arising from the National Scheme of Delegation of Planning Functions

  

  Report of the Director of Economy, Regeneration and Investment

   

  The Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 gave powers to the Secretary of State to control the function of Planning Committees; the type of applications they can consider their size and training requirements.

   

  The Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 (“the Regulations”) setting out the national scheme of delegation and restricting the size of a planning committee were published in June 2026 and are due to come into force on 31st October 2026. They apply to all local planning authorities. Decisions taken on or after that date must be taken in line with the Regulations and if not, could be considered by the Courts to have been unlawfully taken. This report seeks approval of amendments to the Constitution so that it aligns with the Regulations and it is clear who and under what circumstances planning decisions can be made.

   

  The national scheme of delegation sets out a two-tier approach. Schedule 1 applications must always be delegated to officers. Schedule 2 applications there is a presumption that applications will also be delegated, unless the nominated officer and nominated member agree the application should be referred to a planning committee for determination and it meets at least one of the criteria in regulation 5(3) - ‘the gateway test’. It is also proposed to carve out some applications identified in Schedule 2 in order to make the scheme of delegation align more closely with existing arrangements, those being works to trees with a Tree Preservation Order, Listed Building Consent (including variation and discharge of conditions) and Advertisement Consents not connected to a planning application in Schedule 2.

   

  The amendments that need to be made to the Constitution to implement the national scheme of delegation relate to Part 3 Responsibility for Functions and Part 5 Planning Protocol.

   
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  13

  Annual Review of the Committee's Effectiveness

  

  Report of the Executive Director Corporate Services

   

  The report provides an outcome of an annual review of the Committee’s effectiveness in 2025-26.
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  14

  Work and Training Plan and Action Tracker

  

  Report of the Borough Solicitor

   

  This report summarises plans for the Committee’s work programme and training and provides an action tracker detailing progress on actions arising from previous meetings.

   
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  15

  2025-26 Annual Counter Fraud Report

  

  Report of the Executive Director Corporate Services

   

  This report provides the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee with a summary of anti-fraud activities undertaken during the 2025-26 year. The report covers the period 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.

   

  Part II: Exempt from Publication

   

  This report has an appendix which contains information exempt within the meaning of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and is not for publication. The appendix has therefore been circulated to Committee Members only. If the Committee wishes to discuss the contents of a closed exempt appendix it may pass the proposed resolution identified below:

   

  THAT the press and public be excluded from the proceedings of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee on 7th July 2026 during consideration of part of item 15 on the agenda on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that were members of the public to be present, there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

   

  Specifically, publicity in respect of item 15 would be likely to lead to the disclosure of:

   

  -          Information which is likely to reveal the identity of individuals, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended)

  -          Information relating to the financial or business affairs of particular persons, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended)

  -          Information relating to action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime in accordance with paragraph 7 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended)

   

  and the public interest in maintaining the exemptions outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

   
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  Any Other Business that the Chair Considers Urgent

  

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  Minutes of Previous Meeting

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  External Audit Strategy 2025-26 report

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  Appendix A - Forvis Mazars_Indicative Audit Strategy 2025-26 - Camden Council

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  Appendix B - Forvis Mazars_Indicative Audit Strategy 2025-26 - Camden Pension Fund

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  Annual Treasury Management Outturn Report

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  11 2025-26 Internal Audit Annual Report (final)

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  11a Appendix 1 Internal Audit plan update (final)

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  11b Appendix 2 High priority recommendations (final)

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  11c Appendix 3 Follow Up Update (final)

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  Constitutional Amendments from National Scheme of Delegation report

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  13 ACGC Annual Review of Effectiveness 2025-26 (final)

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  14 Work and Training Plan report

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  14a Work and Training Plan

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  14b Work and Training Plan Appendix B - Terms of reference

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  14c Work and Training Plan Appendix C - Action Tracker

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  14d Work and Training Plan Appendix D - CIPFA Guidance

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  15 2025-26 Annual Counter Fraud Report (revised)

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  15b Appendix B Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy and Policy (final)

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  15c Appendix C Whistleblowing Policy (final)

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  15d Appendix D Anti-Bribery Policy (final)

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  15e Appendix E Money Laundering Policy (final)

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  15f Appendix F Prosecution Policy (final)

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  15g Appendix G RIPA Policy (final)

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  15h Appendix H Social Media Policy (final)

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  Cllr. Sabrina Francis

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  Helen Gardiner

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  Joyce Golder

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  Beth Greenshields

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  Zoe Hoskin

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  Nasreen Khan

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  Christopher Nicholls

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  Daniel Omisore

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  Joanne Reeves

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  Cllr. Francesca Reynolds

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  Jon Rowney

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  Raj Shah

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  Cllr. Tom Simon

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  Cllr. James Slater

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