Elizabeth Kangethe - Cllr for Barking and Dagenham ( Parsloes)

Cllr Elizabeth Kangethe

 Labour Party  Parsloes  Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment & School Improvement

Email: elizabeth.kangethe@lbbd.gov.uk

Council: Barking and Dagenham

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Cabinet (Member) Community Safety Partnership (Member) Assembly (Member) Ceremonial Council (Member) Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common) (Member) Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Guest)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

28 meetings · Page 1 of 6

Cabinet Member

Cabinet - Tuesday, 9 December 2025 7:00 pm

The Barking and Dagenham Council Cabinet is scheduled to meet on 9 December 2025 to discuss a range of issues, including budget strategies, housing revenue accounts, customer experience, digital strategies, school consolidation, community endowments, and contract awards. The Cabinet will consider a new Digital, Data and Technology Strategy, and a Customer Experience and Access Strategy. They will also discuss the council's draft budget strategy for 2026/27-2030/31.

December 09, 2025
Community Safety Partnership Member

Community Safety Partnership - Wednesday, 3 December 2025 10:00 am

December 03, 2025
Assembly Member

Assembly - Wednesday, 19 November 2025 7:00 pm

At a meeting of the Barking and Dagenham Assembly, councillors noted the Local Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report 2024/25, approved the Annual Youth Justice Plan 2025/26, and agreed to submit the East London Joint Waste Plan Regulation 19 Submission Plan for government approval. The Assembly also noted the Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2025/26 Mid-Year Review, and approved the appointment of Councillor Julia Williams to the Pensions Committee.

November 19, 2025
Cabinet Member

Cabinet - Tuesday, 11 November 2025 7:30 pm

The Barking and Dagenham Council Cabinet met to discuss budgetary matters, approve spending, and review performance reports. They approved the allocation of £4.1 million of Strategic Community Infrastructure Levy (SCIL) funding to Queen Mary University London (QMUL) for a dental outreach programme, and also agreed to borrow £2.23 million to upgrade the fire safety system at Barking Industria. Councillors also endorsed a draft Supplementary Planning Document for the Becontree Estate, and agreed to public consultation on it.

November 11, 2025
Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common) Member

Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common) - Tuesday, 4 November 2025 5:00 pm

The Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common) were scheduled to meet on Tuesday, 4 November 2025, at the Town Hall, Barking. The agenda included a resident's story, the Director of Public Health's annual report, an update on neighbourhood working, an NHS operating model update, a discussion of winter pressures, and consideration of the draft NHS system strategy and commissioning intentions.

November 04, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

115 decisions · Page 14 of 23

Provisional Revenue and Capital Outturn for the 2024/25 Financial Year

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 17 June 2025 7:00 pm - June 17, 2025

...to approve the Council’s final revenue and capital outturn position for 2024/25, including noting a General Fund underspend of £1.016m, an HRA underspend of £10.687m, a DSG overspend of £5.183m, and a Capital Programme underspend of £31.141m, and agreeing to related reserve transfers and capital carry forwards.

Approved

Debt Management Performance 2024/25 (Quarter 4)

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 17 June 2025 7:00 pm - June 17, 2025

...to note the debt management performance for the fourth quarter of the 2024/25 financial year, as carried out by the Council's Collection service.

Approved

Treasury Management Annual Report 2024/25

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 17 June 2025 7:00 pm - June 17, 2025

...to recommend the Assembly to note the Treasury Management Annual Report for 2024/25 and approve the actual Prudential and Treasury Indicators for 2024/25, as detailed in the report's Appendix 1.

Recommendations approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 28

Average per Month: 2.3

Decisions Recorded: 115