Agenda item

Report of the Director of Communications.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Communications relating to the City Corporation’s membership of various think-tanks.

RESOLVED: That Members agree to:

1.    Renew eight existing think-tank memberships at a total cost of £89,400:

·         Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI)

·         Chatham House

·         Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

·         Local Government Information Unit (LGiU)

·         New Local Government Network (NLGN)

·         Whitehall and Industry Group (WIG)

·         Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

·         Open Europe

2.    Defer a decision regarding the think tank New Financial, as membership was currently attached to the Women in Finance Charter sponsorship, which was approved at the Policy & Resources Committee in January 2019.

3.    Sponsor the Chatham House Europe Programme for £10,000.

4.    Authorise the required funding of £99,400 for these memberships and sponsorship being drawn from the Committee’s 2019/20 Policy Initiatives Fund.