Councillor Lebo Phakoe

Redbridge Council

The Safe Redbridge Policy Development Committee is scheduled to meet on Monday 2 February 2026. The committee will review the draft outcome report for their 2025/2026 work, which focuses on aligning police and council policy and priorities. They will also discuss the committee's work plan.

Redbridge Council

The Council of Redbridge met on Thursday, 22 January 2026, to discuss a range of reports and motions. Key topics included the mid-year review of treasury management, the local council tax reduction scheme for 2026/27, and the Governance and Assurance Committee's annual report. The meeting also featured several business motions addressing small businesses, violence against women and girls, and the protection of natural assets.

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.

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.

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].