BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL

 

Policy & Resources (Recovery) Sub-Committee

 

5.15pm 3 March 2021

 

Virtual

 

 

decision list

 

 

Part One

 

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Covid-19 Recovery & Renewal Programme Update

 

 

Contact Officer:

Julie Nichols

Tel: 01273 291304

 

Ward Affected:

All Wards

 

 

 

RESOLVED: That the Sub-Committee noted the progress update report.

 

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Employment and Skills update and City Employment Skills (Recovery) Plan 2021-2023

 

 

Contact Officer:

Carla Butler

Tel: 01272 291281

 

Ward Affected:

All Wards

 

 

 

RESOLVED: That the Sub-Committee –

 

(i)    Approved the City Employment and Skills (Recovery) Plan 2021 –2023;

 

(ii)  Noted the general Employment and Skills update.

 

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Recovery Update: Food

 

 

Contact Officer:

Max Woodford

Tel: 012773 291666

 

Ward Affected:

All Wards

 

 

 

RESOLVED: That the Sub-Committee –

 

(i)    Noted the work being done across the city around the emergency food response during the Covid19 pandemic, and the consideration of the implications surrounding the provision of emergency food in the longer term;

 

(ii)   Agreed that the Food Policy Officer continued to work with Brighton & Hove Food Partnership and the wider emergency food network on developing stronger analysis of options for moving to a more sustainable emergency food network, which builds upon the initial analysis outlined in paras 3.7 to 3.28 of this report;

 

(iii)  Agreed that the Food Policy Officer commenced the longer-term strategic food policy work outlined in paragraphs 3.49 to 3.55 of the report in partnership with city partners, the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership and the Greater Brighton Economic Board;

 

(iv)  Agreed that the Chief Executive writes to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and to the Chair of the Government’s National Food Strategy (with the City’s three MPs and the Local Government Association copied in), urging for the ‘Right to Food’ to be incorporated into the government’s National Food Strategy, and into law.

 

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Recovery Update: Economy

 

 

Contact Officer:

Max Woodford

Tel: 012773 291666

 

Ward Affected:

All Wards

 

 

 

RESOLVED: That the Sub-Committee –

 

(i)    Noted the latest position with regards to the city’s economy and the impact of the pandemic;

 

(ii)  Noted the contents of the Greater Brighton Sustainable Recovery Plan (appendix 1), and the update on delivery of that plan (Appendix 2).

 

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