You can browse past and future cabinet agendas, reports and minutes.
The Cabinet is:
- made up of the Leader of the Council and 7 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.
Children's Services, Education and Skills
Includes: Children's Services including Child Exploitation.
Economic Development and Infrastructure
Includes: Broadband, Communications, Customer Rights and Complaints, Digital and Economic Development.
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.
Finance and Assets
Includes: Cabinet Planning, County Farms Estates, Finance, Information Communication Technology (ICT), Policy and Central Services, Procurement, Property and Transformation, Human Resources and Scrutiny and Monitoring.
Health
Includes: Coroners, Domestic Abuse and Community Safety, Mental Health, Registrars, Sport and Suffolk Health and Wellbeing.
Highways, Transport and Rural Affairs
Includes: Highways and Public Transport (Demand Responsive Transport).
Ipswich, Communities and Waste
Includes: Equalities, Gypsies and Travellers, Heritage, Ipswich, Voluntary and Community Sector and Waste.
Councillor Matthew HicksLeader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Economic Development and InfrastructureAbout Matthew Hicks Contact details:
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Councillor Mary EvansDeputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Rural AffairsAbout Mary Evans 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 James ReederCabinet Member for HealthAbout James Reeder Contact details:
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Councillor Richard RoutCabinet Member for Environment, Public ProtectionAbout Richard Rout Contact details:
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Councillor Richard Smith, MVOCabinet Member for Finance and AssetsAbout Richard Smith, MVO Contact details:
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Councillor Paul WestCabinet Member for Ipswich, Communities and WasteAbout 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 15 May 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 19 June 2018 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 24 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 |
| Tuesday 18 June 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 10 September 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 8 October 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 5 November 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 5 December 2019 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 28 January 2020 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 25 February 2020 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 24 March 2020 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 21 April 2020 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
| Tuesday 19 May 2020 | Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich | 2pm |
Dates after May 2019 will be subject to reconsideration by Council on 23 May 2019.
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 19 June 2018 | |
| Tuesday 15 May 2018 | |
| Tuesday 17 April 2018 | |
| Tuesday 20 February 2018 | |
| Tuesday 23 January 2018 | |
| Tuesday 5 December 2017 | |
| Tuesday 7 November 2017 | |
| Tuesday 10 October 2017 | |
| Tuesday 12 September 2017 | |
| 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 |