Agenda

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 2 June 2026

To provide Members with the progress made by the Shared Internal Audit Service (SIAS) in delivering the Council’s 2026/27 Internal Audit Plan to 28 August 2026.

To provide the Committee with the Council’s revised Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy and Strategy, Anti-Money Laundering Policy and Fraud Sanctions Policy for review, comments, and formal adoption.

To consider the Azets External Audit plan.

To note the Annual Treasury Management Report for 2025/26 and to approve the actual 2025/26 prudential and treasury indicators in this report.

To consider the work undertaken by the Council and the Shared Anti-Fraud Service to protect the Council against the threat of fraud and the delivery of the Council’s Anti-Fraud Action Plan for 2026/2027.

To consider the Council’s revised RIPA Policy for review by the Committee and adoption by the Council, to ensure the Council as a public authority meets its obligations under The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).

To consider any Part 1 business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

To consider the following motions –

1.  That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs1 – 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

2.  That Members consider the reasons for the following reports being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

To approve as a correct record the Part II Minutes of the meetings held on 24 March & 2 June 2026

To note the latest Strategic Risk Register update for Stevenage Borough Council.

To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.