Decision details

The Cabinet noted that the Corporate Infrastructure and Regulatory Services Scrutiny Committee had considered the Report of the Director of Public Health and Communities ((COM/24/01) ‘Cost of Living Spotlight Review - Further progress Report on the cost of living recommendations and subsequent developments’) as Minute 195 of 28 November 2024 articulated.

The Corporate Infrastructure and Regulatory Services Scrutiny Committee had RESOLVED that in further considering the original recommendations (as indicated in the Report) from the Cost of Living Spotlight Report (March 2023), which were progressed and reported on in November 2023 (b) that Cabinet be asked to  write to Government regarding the anomalies between the new state pension scheme and the preceding state pension scheme.

It was MOVED by Councillor McInnes, SECONDED by Councillor Davis, and

RESOLVED that Cabinet write to Government outlining the concerns of the Corporate Infrastructure and Regulatory Services Scrutiny Committee regarding the anomalies between the new state pension scheme and the preceding state pension scheme.