The Cabinet (political leadership)

Cabinet members (who all belong to the political party with the majority of seats on the council) make decisions on services within the council’s policies and budgets.

The Cabinet consists of the Leader of Salford City Council, his deputy and eight councillors who are 'lead members' with responsibility for different services.

Summary of cabinet portfolios

Councillor	Portfolio
John Merry	Leader of the Council with portfolio responsibility for AGMA, communications and marketing, performance, policy, regeneration, strategic overview.
David Lancaster	Deputy Leader of the Council with portfolio responsibility for community safety and asset managment(assisted by Councillor John Ferguson), electoral matters, services reviews, targets and pledges.

Portfolio	Lead member	Executive support member
Adult Social Care and Health	John Warmisham	John Ferguson
Children's Services	Margaret Morris	Stephen Coen
Environment	Ray Mashiter	Pat Ryan
Finance and Support Services	Bill Hinds	John Mullen
Housing	Peter Connor	Norbert Potter
Human Resources and Equalities	Joe Murphy	Roger Jones
Planning and Town Twinning	Derek Antrobus	Charlie McIntyre
Neighbourhoods, Culture and Leisure (Asylum Seekers and Refugees)	Paula Boshell	Barry Warner

The Cabinet also produces an annual Cabinet Workplan. This is a detailed action plan for the year which focuses on key priorities for the city, with clear milestones for delivery. This year the plan is about how the council will help people and businesses through the recession. A copy of the 2011/2012 Cabinet Workplan is available to download below.

Overview and scrutiny

The city council's scrutiny committees are as follows:

Scrutiny committee	Chair
Sustainable Regeneration	James Dawson
Neighbourhoods	Gina Loveday
Health, Wellbeing and Social Care	Joe Kean
Children, Young People and Families	Bernard Pennington
Corporate Issues	Leslie Turner
Budget	David Jolley