Decision details

Cabinet supports the recommendations of the Southampton Fairness Commission and commits the City Council to work with Southampton Connect and other partners to implement them.

The Southampton Fairness Commission was set up at the request of Southampton City Council and has built on and brought a new perspective and expertise to work in tackling poverty, inequalities and community cohesion.

One of the key principles of the Southampton Fairness Commission was that ‘consensus and innovation among Southampton’s public, private and voluntary sectors should bring about lasting solutions to inequality’. Therefore its recommendations require a multi-agency, city-wide approach of which Southampton City Council is a partner.

To not support the recommendations of the Southampton Fairness Commission - this is not recommended as Southampton City Council is an identified partner, and it initiated and supported the establishment of a Fairness Commission in the city.