Cabinet Members
Haringey Council's Cabinet Members
The Cabinet is a group of Councillors who take most of the decisions about what the Council does. It is made up of a Leader and nine other Councillors. Each Cabinet Councillor looks after an individual area of responsibility. They make decisions on how our policies and services are delivered.
Below is a list of who the current Cabinet members are and a summary of their portfolio (areas of responsibility).
- Leader of the Council
- Cabinet Member for Community Cohesion and Involvement
- Cabinet Member for Enforcement and Safer Communities
- Cabinet Member for Children and Young People
- Cabinet Member for Environment and Conservation
- Cabinet Member for Resources
- Cabinet Member for Housing Services
- Cabinet Member for Leisure, Culture and Lifelong Learning
- Cabinet Member for Enterprise and Regeneration
- Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Wellbeing
Leader of the Council
Councillor Claire Kober
- Best Value and Performance Management including the achieving excellence agenda
- Co-ordination within the Cabinet
- Corporate policy and strategy
- Communications (strategic)
- Legal Services
- Partnerships and Haringey Strategic Partnership
Councillor Kober's ward and contact details
|Back to topCabinet Member for Community Cohesion and Involvement
Councillor Matt Cooke
- Communications (operational)
- Area Assemblies
- Complaints
- Customer Services and Customer Focus
- Corporate Consultation
- Corporate Engagement
- Equalities
- Member Services
- Neighbourhoods
- Voluntary Sector.
Councillor Cooke's ward and contact details
|Back to topCabinet Member for Enforcement and Safer Communities
Councillor Nilgun Canver
- Crime issues
- Crime reduction initiatives
- Community Safety
- Links to Police Service, Probation Service, etc
- Drug issues; Drug and Alcohol Action Team
- Safer Communities (including Domestic Violence & Harassment)
- Drug and Alcohol Action Team
- Prevention of offending and re-offending
- Anti-social behaviour
- Services provided by the Youth Offending Team.
Councillor Canver's Ward and contact details.
|Back to topCabinet Member for Children and Young People and Deputy Leader of the Council
Councillor Lorna Reith
- Children's Centres
- Children and Families
- Children's Education Services
- Children's Social Services
- Early Years and Play
- Family and Community Involvement
- Music Service
- School Standards and Inclusion
- Youth Services
Councillor Reith's ward and contact details.
|Back to topCabinet Member for Environment and Conservation
Councillor Brian Haley
- Better Haringey
- Conservation
- Parking
- Waste management
- Recycling
- Street Scene
- Transport.
Councillor Haley's Ward and contact details.
|Back to topCabinet Member for Resources
Councillor Charles Adje
- Human Resources
- Asset Management
- IT Services and E-Government
- Organisational Development and Learning
- Benefits and Local Taxation
- Corporate Finance
- Procurement
- Property Services.
Councillor Adje's Ward and contact details.
|Back to topCabinet Member for Housing Services
Councillor John Bevan
- Housing Strategy and Needs
- Housing Management
- Technical and Building Services.
Councillor Bevan's Ward and contact details
|Back to topCabinet Member for Leisure, Culture, and Lifelong Learning
Councillor Dhiren Basu
- Recreation and Leisure Services including Parks and Open Spaces
- Libraries
- Museums
- Adult Education Services
- Lifelong Learning
Councillor Basu's Ward and contact details.
|Back to topCabinet Member for Enterprise and Regeneration
Councillor Kaushika Amin
- Business support and employment initiatives
- Cultural industries
- Economic regeneration
- External funding
- Key sites
- Planning Policy
- Regeneration programme performance
- Urban Futures.
- London 2012
Councillor Amin's Ward and contact details.
|Back to topCabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Wellbeing
Councillor Bob Harris
- Adult Social Services
- Carers
- Partnership and liaison with NHS bodies
- Public health co-ordination across the cabinet portfolios
- Services for asylum-seekers.
Councillor Harris' Ward and contact information.
For further information on the Cabinet and what they do please contact:
Yuniea Semambo
Head of Local Democracy and Member Services
Tel 020 8489 2623
Fax 020 8881 5218
Email cabinet.members@haringey.gov.uk
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Update MePage Last Updated: 10 December 2008
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