You can browse past and future cabinet agendas, reports and minutes.
The Cabinet is:
- made up of the Leader of the Council and 9 Cabinet members
- responsible for key decisions within the policy framework set by the full County Council
Information about the key decisions the Cabinet will be considering in the next four months is published in the Key Decision Forward Plan.
Suffolk County Council has developed role profiles which give an indication of the skills a councillor may need and the responsibilities they may have during their term of office.
Leader of the CouncilIncludes: , Cabinet Planning, County Farms, Governance , Legal and Assurance, ICT, Policy and Central Services, Post Covid Recovery and Property. About Matthew Hicks Contact details:
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Councillor Richard RoutDeputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance and Environment Includes: Finance, Procurement, Transformation, Wholly Owned Companies, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Archaeology, The Broads, The Brecks, Climate Emergency Response, Energy/Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), Environment Strategy, Landscape Partnerships, Natural Environment and Protected Landscapes. About Richard Rout Contact details:
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Councillor Bobby BennettCabinet Member for Equality and Communities Includes: Arts and Heritage, Citizens' Advice, Community Safety (including Domestic Abuse, PREVENT and Violence Against Women and Girls), Coroner Services, Customer Services, Equality, Gypsy and Traveller Services, Human Resources, Libraries, Registrars, Safer and Stronger Communities and The Voluntary Sector. About Bobby Bennett Contact details:
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Councillor Rachel HoodCabinet Member for Education, SEND and Skills Includes: Education Services, Home to School Transport, Inclusion Services, SEND and Skills. About Rachel Hood Contact details:
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Councillor Beccy HopfenspergerCabinet Member for Adult Care Includes: Adult Social Care, Care Providers and Care Market Strategy, Health and Adult Social Care Integration, Mental Health, Safeguarding Adults, Strategic Planning for our Ageing Population and Supporting Lives and Connecting Communities. About Beccy Hopfensperger Contact details:
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Councillor James ReederCabinet Member for Children and Young People's Services Includes: Statutory Lead Member for Children's Services, Children's Services, Children's Health Services, Children's Homes, Corporate Parenting, Family Hubs, Fostering and Adoption, Safeguarding Children and Youth Justice. About James Reeder Contact details:
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Councillor Andrew ReidCabinet Member for Public Health and Public Protection Includes: Corporate Health and Safety, Emergency Planning, Health and Wellbeing Board, Physical Activity and Sport, Public Health, Rural Affairs, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and Trading Standards About Andrew Reid Contact details:
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Councillor Richard Smith MVOCabinet Member for Economic Development, Transport Strategy and Waste Includes: Business Engagement and Enterprise, Housing Strategy, Infrastructure, Passenger Transport Unit, Planning excluding Energy Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), Transport Strategy and Waste. About Richard Smith Contact details:
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Councillor Paul WestCabinet Member for Ipswich, Operational Highways and Flooding Includes: Flooding, Footpaths and Pavements, Highways Assets, Highway Drainage and Flooding, Ipswich, Rights of Way and Street Lighting, Road Safety, Road Safe and Driver Offending Retraining Governance, Speeding. About Paul West Contact details:
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You are welcome to attend meetings of the Cabinet.
The papers and agendas for the meetings are available on our website five days before the meeting.
Date |
Venue |
Time |
| Tuesday 1 February 2022 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 1 March 2022 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 29 March 2022 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 26 April 2022 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 24 May 2022 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Monday 20 June 2022 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 26 July 2022 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 13 September 2022 cancelled | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 11 October 2022 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 8 November 2022 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 6 December 2022 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 24 January 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 21 February 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 21 March 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 18 April 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 16 May 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 13 June 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 11 July 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 12 September 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 10 October 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 7 November 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 12 December 2023 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 30 January 2024 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 27 February 2024 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 26 March 2024 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 23 April 2024 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 21 May 2024 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
Dates after May 2023 will be subject to reconsideration by Council on 25 May 2023.
If you would like to contact us, please email committee.services@suffolk.gov.uk or call 01473 265119, Monday to Friday; 9.30 am to 4.00 pm.
You can browse past and future cabinet agendas, reports and minutes.
Cabinet Meetings from the 21 May 2019 are webcast when they take place in Endeavour House. We live webcast to YouTube. You can find links to the webcasts below.
Cabinet meetings were audio recorded up 24 April 2019, and published to YouTube. Links to the audio recordings are available in the below table.
The links below will take you to the webcast/audio recording for the meeting as dated.
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11 November 2014 Due to a technical fault this Cabinet meeting was not recorded. |