The Leader introduced this agenda item and highlighted:

a)    Renewed energy and urgency had been brought to key issues that concerned Plymouth residents, such as the cost of living crisis and the regeneration of the city centre, as well as working closely with partners to tackle issues such as lack of access to NHS vendors;

Councillor Jemima Laing (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care, Culture, Events and Communication) added:

b)    It had been 87 days on the day of the meeting;

c)    She was proud to be part of a committed and hard-working cabinet who wanted to get things done.

At this point in the meeting, a video was played which can be found at: The first 100 days of Building a Better Plymouth - YouTube

d)    She then highlighted the opening of the four family hubs on Day 14, part of a commitment to making Plymouth the best place to grow up in;

e)    On day 40, she and The Leader visited a disused building, which had been transformed into self-contained flats for care experience young people who were ready to live more independently.

Councillor Mark Coker (Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Transport) highlighted;

f)     Ensuring that Mount Wise Pools access was free;

g)    4,150 road defects had been fixed up from May to 6 August (in the previous two years around 5,000 had been completed annually).

Councillor Sally Haydon (Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Libraries, Cemeteries & Crematoria) added:

h)    Plymouth had received the Purple Flag accreditation for its evening and night-time economy on Day 20;

i)     On Day 46 Plymouth joined a national campaign to tackle antisocial behaviour and the council went to residents and she wanted to thank all agencies involved for going out to visit residents and making it easier for people to express their concerns.

Councillor Chris Penberthy (Cabinet Member for Housing, Cooperative Development and Communities) added:

j)     On Day 22 PWC commended Plymouth on good growth and spoke about some of the things that the previous Labour administration had done;

k)    On Day 49 the redevelopment of the Co-operative Development Strategy had been announced, which would be carried out over the following year, to underpin how Plymouth could achieve having a good, working economy throughout the city;

l)     Tracey Lee (Chief Executive) and himself would be co-chairing a housing task force, and he was working with Councillor Mark Lowry on how more temporary accommodation could be brought forward in relation to homelessness, and housing remained an important issue and the BBC had used Plymouth as a case study to demonstrate the impact of the housing crisis on families with no fault evictions etc.

Councillor Tom Briars-Delve (Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change) added:

m)  On Day 32 the administration recommitted to a net-zero goal of 2030 and it was exciting working on an issue that was being addressed by multiple portfolio holders.

Councillor Jemima Laing (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care, Culture, Events and Communication) summed up and highlighted the following points:

n)    The work was the result of a hard-working cabinet who were working with Council officers and teams to make things happen;

o)    They were accountable to the people of Plymouth and this showed what they had done since the elections in May 2023;

p)    This was just the beginning, there was much more to come and they were committed to making Plymouth the best city to grow up and grow old in.

The Cabinet agreed to note the report.