At the meeting of Council on 4 March 2026, elected members approved the Annual Delivery Plan for 2026/27, which sets out the key actions the Council will take over the next financial year to deliver the Knowsley Council Plan 2025–2030 priorities.
The Annual Delivery Plan was previously endorsed by Cabinet at its budget meeting on 11 February 2026.
Knowsley Council Plan 2025-2030
Adopted in April 2025, the Knowsley Council Plan 2025-2030 places a clear focus on the Council’s role in supporting residents to thrive and helping people overcome inequality.
The plan is underpinned by three key priorities, which the annual delivery plan will focus on achieving. These are:
- Delivering effective, high-quality services and support for residents
- Encouraging growth that benefits everyone
- Delivering targeted support to encourage fairness and opportunity for all
The Knowsley Council Plan is available to read in full here.
Key deliverables for 2026/27
At the meeting, Council approved 12 major deliverables for the coming year. These include:
- Children’s Social Care Improvement and Reforms
Ensuring national reform requirements are met, delivering improvements to local practice and outcomes so children are protected from harm and supported by a skilled, stable workforce.
- SEND Improvement
Embedding an inclusive culture across schools, expanding specialist provision, and improving outcomes through strengthened partnership arrangements.
- Expanded Start for Life Offer
Continued rollout of Family Hubs to ensure every child has the best start in life and address early inequalities.
- Educational Attainment
Improve attendance levels through the School Attendance Governance Group.
- Neighbourhood Development
Using data and insight to develop better public sector interventions with partners.
- Safer Communities
Delivering a new Connecting Communities Plan focused on cohesion, and strengthening domestic abuse support through a dedicated Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) plan.
- Adult Social Care Transformation
Continue the ongoing work to transform adult social care, including increased use of Technology-Enabled Care, improved offer to Carers, and market sufficiency of good quality, diverse and sustainable care and support that meets the needs of our residents..
- Supporting Local Growth
Working with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority on the future of employment and business support, delivering town centre regeneration, and ensuring infrastructure supports growth.
- Cost of Living Support
Implementing the Government’s new Crisis Resilience Fund whilst maintaining a sustainable Hardship Support Scheme, and implementation of the Council Tax Reduction Support Scheme that will benefit 10,000 residents across the Borough.
- Tackling Health Inequalities
Working with partners to deliver programmes of work which reduce health inequalities, including the expansion of the Healthy Schools Programme, supporting the health sector with the prevention, detection and management of long term conditions, and providing local system leadership in the uptake of screening and immunisation programmes
- Climate Emergency and Net Zero
Progressing the Council’s Net Zero Delivery Plan 2026–2030, including the decarbonisation of buildings and services.
Progress against the annual delivery plan will be monitored quarterly and reported to Cabinet.
Cllr Graham Morgan, Leader of Knowsley Council, said: “Full Council approval means that we can now push forward with ensuring we deliver against the priorities set out in The Knowsley Council Plan 2025-2030.
“The plan sets out a clear and ambitious programme of work for the year ahead. It reflects our commitment to supporting residents, improving outcomes for children and families, driving inclusive growth and ensuring our most vulnerable communities receive the support they need.”