Agenda item

The Cabinet considered a joint report of the Director of Transformation and Partnerships and the Corporate Director of Children and Young People’s Services which provided an update on welfare reform with a particular focus on the latest developments in relation to Universal Credit and the work the council and its partners are doing in relation to child poverty (for copy of report see file of minutes).

Members spoke at length about the impact that welfare reform was having on residents in County Durham, and of the measures that the Authority was taking to assist residents in conjunction with its partners.

Resolved:

That the report be noted.