Issue - meetings
Local Code of Corporate Governance
Meeting: 14/01/2026 - Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee (Item 8.)
8. Local Code of Corporate Governance 
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Report of Assistant Director of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer
Purpose of report
To review the Local Code of Corporate Governance. The Code is part of the overall system of internal control at the Council and supports the provision of the Annual Governance Statement (AGS) which is approved annually by the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee.
Recommendations
The Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee resolves:
1.1 To approve the reviewed Local Code of Corporate Governance (Appendix 1).
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Local Code of Corporate Governance, item 8.
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- Appendix 2 - CIPFA Delivering Good Governance 2016 (AGS Framework), item 8.
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- Appendix 3 - CIPFA Delivering Good Governance in Local Government: Framework May 2025, item 8.
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- Webcast for Local Code of Corporate Governance
Decision:
Resolved
(1) That the Council’s Local Code of Corporate Governance be approved.