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.
Adult Care
Includes: Adult Social Care, Care Providers, Health and Social Care integration, Strategic Planning for our Ageing Population and Supporting Lives Connecting Communities.
Broadband and Rural Issues
Includes: Broadband, Cabinet Planning, Human Resources, Localities, Policy and Central Services, Scrutiny and Monitoring.
Children's Services, Education and Skills
Includes: Children's Services including Child Exploitation.
Economic Development and Infrastructure
Includes: Communications, Customer Rights and Complaints, Devolution, Digital, Economic Development and Information Communication Technology (ICT).
Environment and Public Protection
Includes: Environment, Flooding, Health and Safety, Joint Emergency Planning Unit, Planning including working with District and Borough Councils on Planning Matters, Suffolk Fire and Rescue, Trading Standards and Waste.
Families and Communities
Includes: Voluntary and Community Sector.
Finance and Transformation
Includes: Finance, Procurement, Property and Transformation.
Health
Includes: Coroners, Domestic Abuse and Community Safety, Equalities, Gypsies and Travellers, Mental Health, Registrars, Sport, Suffolk Health and Wellbeing.
Highways and Transport
Includes: Highways, Public Transport (Demand Response Transport) and County Farm Estates.
Ipswich
Includes: Ipswich.
Leader of the Council, Councillor Colin NobleCabinet Member for Economic Development and InfrastructureAbout Colin Noble Contact details:
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Deputy Leader of the Council, Councillor Jane StoreyCabinet Member for Broadband and Rural IssuesAbout Jane Storey Contact details:
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Councillor James FinchCabinet Member for Highways and TransportAbout James Finch Contact details:
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Councillor Tony GoldsonCabinet Member for HealthAbout Tony Goldson Contact details:
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Councillor Matthew HicksCabinet Member for Environment and Public ProtectionAbout Matthew Hicks Contact details:
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Councillor Beccy HopfenspergerCabinet Member for Adult CareAbout Beccy Hopfensperger Contact details:
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Councillor Gordon JonesCabinet Member for Children's Services, Education and SkillsAbout Gordon Jones Contact details:
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Councillor Robin MillarCabinet Member for Families and CommunitiesAbout Robin Millar Contact details:
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Councillor Richard Smith, MVOCabinet Member for Finance and TransformationAbout Richard Smith, MVO Contact details:
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Councillor Paul WestCabinet Member for IpswichAbout 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 13 June 2017 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 11 July 2017 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 12 September 2017 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 10 October 2017 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 7 November 2017 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 5 December 2017 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 23 January 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 20 February 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 20 March 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 17 April 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 15 May 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 12 June 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 10 July 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 11 September 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 9 October 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 6 November 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 4 December 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 29 January 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 26 February 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 26 March 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 23 April 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 21 May 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
Dates after May 2018 will be subject to reconsideration by Council on 24 May 2018.
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 are audio recorded when they take place in Endeavour House. We then publish the audio to YouTube.
The links below will take you to the recording for the meeting as dated.
Date of meeting |
Links to audio |
| Tuesday 11 July 2017 | |
| Tuesday 13 June 2017 | |
| Tuesday 22 February 2017 | |
| Tuesday 31 January 2017 | |
| Tuesday 24 January 2017 | |
| Tuesday 13 December 2016 | |
| Tuesday 15 November 2016 | |
| Tuesday 18 October 2016 | |
| Tuesday 13 September 2016 | |
| Tuesday 12 July 2016 | |
| Tuesday 30 June 2016 | |
| Tuesday 14 June 2016 | |
| Tuesday 17 May 2016 | |
| Tuesday 19 April 2016 | |
| Tuesday 22 March 2016 | |
| Tuesday 23 February 2016 | |
| Tuesday 26 January 2016 | |
| Tuesday 8 December 2015 | |
| Tuesday 10 November 2015 | |
| Tuesday 13 October 2015 | |
| Tuesday 15 September 2015 | |
| Tuesday 14 July 2015 | |
| Tuesday 16 June 2015 | |
| Tuesday 19 May 2015 | |
| Tuesday 24 February 2015 | |
| Tuesday 27 January 2015 | |
| Tuesday 9 December 2014 | |
| Tuesday 11 November 2014 |
Due to a technical fault this Cabinet meeting was not recorded. |
| Tuesday 14 October 2014 | |
| Tuesday 9 September 2014 | |
| Tuesday 1 July 2014 | |
| Tuesday 10 June 2014 | |
| Tuesday 25 March 2014 |