Councillor Lebo Phakoe

Committee Member

Redbridge Council

The Redbridge Council Education Scrutiny Sub-Committee met to discuss the council's SEND and Alternative Provision Priority Action Plan, trauma-informed practices in schools, emotional school avoidance, and Key Stage 5 results. The committee agreed to recommend that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee seek assurance that funding for the SEND action plan would be available from both Redbridge Council and its partners. The committee also discussed the possibility of adding an additional meeting to review the recent SEND Ofsted Outcome report.

Committee Member

Redbridge Council

The Redbridge Council meeting on 20 November 2025 was scheduled to cover a range of topics, including questions from the public and councillors, reports from officers, and business motions on regeneration, frontline workers, and air quality. A significant item on the agenda was the hearing following an investigation under the Code of Conduct into a complaint against Councillor Noor Jahan Begum.

Committee Member

Redbridge Council

The Redbridge Health and Wellbeing Board was scheduled to meet on 17 November 2025 to discuss a range of health and social care issues in the borough. The agenda included updates on social care and health systems, the system strategy and commissioning intentions, safeguarding partnership annual reports, and the Better Care Fund[^1].

Committee Member

Redbridge Council

Redbridge Council was scheduled to discuss a range of topics at its meeting, including the appointment of an Executive Director of Resources, the annual scrutiny report, and the Redbridge Statement of Licensing Policy. Councillors were also expected to answer questions from the public and from other council members.

Committee Member

Redbridge Council

The Redbridge Health and Wellbeing Board met on 15 September 2025, and members approved the publication of the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment and noted the findings of the Substance Use Health Needs Assessment, endorsing the progression of work in this area. The board also received verbal updates on public health, adult social care and community health, the Redbridge Borough Partnership, the voluntary and community sector, and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Trust (BHRUT) Hospitals.