It is the responsibility of the Leader to Act as head of the Cabinet, select the Cabinet Members and determine their portfolios of responsibility; to appoint committees and sub-committees of the Cabinet and to determine their powers; to represent and act as ambassador for the Authority; to have overall responsibility for policy development and design; to represent the Council's views on matters of corporate or strategic policy and any other matters which are within their terms of reference; to request or commission research and other studies on any matters of policy or service provision within these responsibilities; to prepare and publish a forward plan of key decisions; to present to the Council "State of the Borough" reports and to be responsible for related debates; to provide appropriate and timely Cabinet responses to Scrutiny Committee recommendations and to monitor the implementation of those responses. Additional responsibility for
· CCN / UCN
· LGA
· Sub-regional activity
· Government liaison