RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)    notes the allocation of £0.072m to Citizen’s Advice Tendring to continue to contribute to the existing information and advice guidance service through direct funding for the interim period up to 30 September 2025 in accordance with a subsidy scheme; and

(b)    recommends to Council that having considered the petition and having reviewed the assessment and advice set out within the Head of Democratic Services & Elections’ report (A.8), Cabinet believes the right approach is to test which is the best organisation to provide advice in Tendring through the procurement process, as was set out in the January 2025 report to Cabinet.