Submission Documents: By Councillor Susan Aitken:- "Council agrees that the cost-of-living crisis is the most acute challenge currently facing Glasgow and that a collective effort is required to meet this challenge head on. Council recalls the £3m Cost of Living Crisis Fund included in the SNP and Green combined budget for 22/23. Council instructs the Executive Director of Finance to bring a paper to the first CAC after the recess outlining how this fund is being distributed and how its impact will be assessed. Council agrees that supporting the individuals, households and communities most vulnerable to the effects of the cost-of-living crisis is an urgent organisational priority; and resolves to seek every opportunity to enhance and expand on existing work in this area: to mitigate and ameliorate the immediate financial impact of the crisis, particularly in relation to the rising costs of food and household fuel; to prevent vulnerable individuals and households from falling into homelessness or other severe consequences; and to support individuals and households to permanently improve their financial circumstances. Council commends the joint report by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health and The University of Glasgow, 'Resetting the course for population health: evidence and recommendations to address stalled mortality improvements in Scotland and the rest of the UK'. Council is deeply disturbed if not surprised by its central finding that "Austerity is highly likely to be the most substantial causal contributor to the stalled mortality trends seen in Scotland and across the UK" and fears that this impact will be further exacerbated by the current crisis in household incomes. Council agrees that, while primary responsibility for both the causes and solutions to these trends lies within the policy and budget choices of UK governments, Council also has a responsibility to act where it can to support affected citizens. Council notes that the report has several recommendations to be progressed at local level - defined as local authority or health board. These recommendations include: - Provide high-quality money advice and welfare rights services to ensure people receive all the benefits and other entitlements for which they are eligible. - Use public spend to advance progressive employment practices, including good/fair work, and to create healthier working environments. - Maximise the potential of City and Regional Growth Deals to reduce inequality and improve health. - Implement the principles of inclusive economies to ensure that the economy is redesigned to achieve economic, social and health equity - Design local services for the populations they serve, involving citizens in the design of services wherever possible - Reduce the cost of public transport for those most in need Council understands that Glasgow City Council and our city partners are already advancing work in all of these recommended areas, including but not limited to: the Financial Inclusion in Schools project; the Glasgow Alliance to End Homelessness; Civic Innovation community pilot work being undertaken by the Centre for Civic Innovation and other ongoing work to support community budgeting and service-co-design; and inclusive and wellbeing-focused economic development practices supported by the Inclusive Growth Diagnostic, the Glasgow Green Deal and the developing Community Wealth-Building Strategy. Council resolves: to understand what positive outcomes are already being progressed through this and related work; to seek the necessary resources to turn successful pilots into embedded ways of working; and to accelerate the rollout of these and similar collaborations, pioneering service models and investments to spread and maximise impact across the city, targeting individuals, households and communities in the greatest need. Council therefore instructs the Chief Executive to bring forward a paper to the first appropriate committee after recess, outlining how these objectives can be achieved." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor Susan Aitken:- "Council agrees that the cost-of-living crisis is the most acute challenge currently facing Glasgow and that a collective effort is required to meet this challenge head on. Council recalls the £3m Cost of Living Crisis Fund included in the SNP and Green combined budget for 22/23. Council instructs the Executive Director of Finance to bring a paper to the first CAC after the recess outlining how this fund is being distributed and how its impact will be assessed. Council agrees that supporting the individuals, households and communities most vulnerable to the effects of the cost-of-living crisis is an urgent organisational priority; and resolves to seek every opportunity to enhance and expand on existing work in this area: to mitigate and ameliorate the immediate financial impact of the crisis, particularly in relation to the rising costs of food and household fuel; to prevent vulnerable individuals and households from falling into homelessness or other severe consequences; and to support individuals and households to permanently improve their financial circumstances. Council commends the joint report by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health and The University of Glasgow, 'Resetting the course for population health: evidence and recommendations to address stalled mortality improvements in Scotland and the rest of the UK'. Council is deeply disturbed if not surprised by its central finding that "Austerity is highly likely to be the most substantial causal contributor to the stalled mortality trends seen in Scotland and across the UK" and fears that this impact will be further exacerbated by the current crisis in household incomes. Council agrees that, while primary responsibility for both the causes and solutions to these trends lies within the policy and budget choices of UK governments, Council also has a responsibility to act where it can to support affected citizens. Council notes that the report has several recommendations to be progressed at local level - defined as local authority or health board. These recommendations include: - Provide high-quality money advice and welfare rights services to ensure people receive all the benefits and other entitlements for which they are eligible. - Use public spend to advance progressive employment practices, including good/fair work, and to create healthier working environments. - Maximise the potential of City and Regional Growth Deals to reduce inequality and improve health. - Implement the principles of inclusive economies to ensure that the economy is redesigned to achieve economic, social and health equity - Design local services for the populations they serve, involving citizens in the design of services wherever possible - Reduce the cost of public transport for those most in need Council understands that Glasgow City Council and our city partners are already advancing work in all of these recommended areas, including but not limited to: the Financial Inclusion in Schools project; the Glasgow Alliance to End Homelessness; Civic Innovation community pilot work being undertaken by the Centre for Civic Innovation and other ongoing work to support community budgeting and service-co-design; and inclusive and wellbeing-focused economic development practices supported by the Inclusive Growth Diagnostic, the Glasgow Green Deal and the developing Community Wealth-Building Strategy. Council resolves: to understand what positive outcomes are already being progressed through this and related work; to seek the necessary resources to turn successful pilots into embedded ways of working; and to accelerate the rollout of these and similar collaborations, pioneering service models and investments to spread and maximise impact across the city, targeting individuals, households and communities in the greatest need. Council therefore instructs the Chief Executive to bring forward a paper to the first appropriate committee after recess, outlining how these objectives can be achieved." .

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