1. Cabinet
The Cabinet is made up of a Leader, and up to 9 councillors appointed by the Leader, including a Deputy Leader.
The Cabinet is responsible for strategic decisions and recommends proposals for approval by full Council on the budget, Council Tax levels and the Council’s policy framework.
The Cabinet can form committees, working groups and panels.
The Cabinet usually meets monthly.
What does the Cabinet do?
The Leader of the Council may determine to exercise any of the executive functions of the Council personally, or may arrange for the exercise of any of the Council’s executive functions by:
- The Cabinet
- By a Committee of the Cabinet
- By an officer of the Council
Powers of the Cabinet
- Implement agreed policies
- Give political leadership
- Make key decisions
- Proposes policy framework
- Proposes the budget
- Makes recommendations to Council
Cabinet portfolios
Leader and Cabinet Member for Growth - Cllr Arooj Shah
- Regeneration and Development
- Place making (Markets, Town Centres, Night Time & Visitor Economy)
- Asset Management (Property & Estates)
- Housing (Needs and Strategy)
- Strategy, Performance, Transformation & Communications
- Greater Manchester and Partnerships
- Resident Focus including customer services (contact centre, customer service centre, complaints and registrars)
Deputy Cabinet Member for Resident Focus - Cllr Holly Harrison
Statutory Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods - Cllr Elaine Taylor
- Waste, Cleansing & Greenspaces
- Public Protection (Housing Standards, Licensing, Environmental Health, Enforcement, Building Control & Trading Standards)
- Community Safety & Cohesion
- Emergency Planning
- Planning
- Districts
- VCFSE Sector
Deputy Cabinet Member for Public Protection and Community Safety - Cllr Aftab Hussain
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance, Corporate Services and Sustainability - Cllr Abdul Jabbar
- Financial Strategy
- Financial Management
- Audit, Risk & Insurance
- Revenues & Benefits (Council Tax & Business Rates)
- Financial support services including welfare rights
- Procurement
- HR & OD
- Legal
- Governance
- IT & Digital
- Digital inclusion
- Climate Change & Green New Deal
Cabinet Member for Children & Young People - Cllr Shaid Mushtaq
- Statutory Lead Member for Children’s Services
- Children’s Social Care
- Children’s Commissioning
- Children’s Safeguarding
- Early Help & Early Years
- Family Hubs
- Youth Service
Deputy Cabinet Member for Children’s Safeguarding - Cllr Lisa Navesey
Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Wellbeing - Cllr Barbara Brownridge
- Adult Social Care
- Adult’s Safeguarding
- Public Health
- Adult’s & Public Health Commissioning
- Oldham Total Care
- MioCare
- Integrated Care System
Deputy Cabinet Member for Adults with Learning Disabilities - Cllr Marie Bashforth
Cabinet Member for Education and Skills - Cllr Mohon Ali
- Education & SEND
- Skills
- Lifelong Learning
- Apprenticeships
Deputy Cabinet Member for Skills - Cllr Umar Nasheen
Cabinet Member for Culture & Leisure - Cllr Peter Dean
- Heritage, Libraries & Arts
- Culture
- Leisure & Sports
Cabinet Member for Enterprise - Cllr Fida Hussain
- Employment & Employability
- Get Oldham Working
- Business Networking
Deputy Cabinet Member for Get Oldham Working - Cllr Nazrul Islam
Cabinet Member for Transport and Highways - Cllr Chris Goodwin
- Engineering (including road maintenance, potholes, gulley cleaning)Highways, Operations and
- Strategic Transport & Bee Network
Deputy Cabinet Member for Bee Network Delivery - Cllr Josh Charters