RESOLVED: That

1.  The progress on actions supporting the financial inclusion as highlighting at paragraph 2.4 and set out in the Strategy in Appendix 1 of the report be noted; and

2.  The refreshed Preventing Financial Exclusion Strategy and action plan in Appendix 1 of the report be agreed, subject to typographical and presentational amendments and updating the ward based statistics to reflect the new wards.

(See Record of Decision)