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This report presents the Council’s Treasury Management Strategy for the 2026/27 financial year. The Treasury Management Strategy incorporates within it the Treasury Management Policy Statement, Annual Investment Strategy and Minimum Revenue Provision Policy.

Background:

This report presented the Council’s Treasury Management Strategy for the 2026/27 financial year. The Treasury Management Strategy incorporated within it the Treasury Management Policy Statement, Annual Investment Strategy and Minimum Revenue Provision Policy.

The Strategy had been prepared in line with CIPFA’s Local Authority Treasury Management Code, and set out the Council’s borrowing requirement and strategy, its strategy in respect of investments, provided details of the Council’s current portfolio position and set out the prudential and treasury indicators that would be used to monitor and measure treasury performance.

The report had previously been considered by the Audit Committee on 27 January 2026, the comments of which were set out at section 5 of the report and by the Cabinet on 10 February 2026, the decisions of which were set out at section 6 of the report.

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the Treasury Management Strategy, as set out in Appendix B to the report.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Maple, supported by Councillor Browne, proposed the recommendations set out in the report.

Decisions:

a)    The Council noted the comments of the Audit Committee, as set out at section 5 of the report and the decisions of the Cabinet, as set out at section 6 of the report.

b)    The Council approved the Treasury Management Strategy 2026/27, as set out in Appendix A to the report.

Background:

The report presented the Council’s Treasury Management Strategy for the 2026/27 financial year. The Treasury Management Strategy incorporated within it the Treasury Management Policy Statement, Annual Investment Strategy and Minimum Revenue Provision Policy.

The report had previously been considered by the Audit Committee on 27 January 2026 and the Cabinet thanked the Committee for its comments which were set out in Appendix D, circulated in the supplementary agenda.

Reasons:

The Cabinet has the responsibility to make recommendations to Full Council on the approval of the Council’s Treasury Management, Investment Strategy and Minimum Revenue Provision Policy Statement and has responsibility for the implementation of the Treasury Management Practices and associated schedules.</AI11>