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Personnel Board - Monday, 2 November 2026 11:00 am

November 2, 2026 at 11:00 am Personnel Board View on council website

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The Personnel Board is scheduled to consider an appeal against dismissal. The meeting will also address whether to exclude the public and press from discussions relating to individual staff members.

Appeal Against Dismissal

The Personnel Board is scheduled to consider an appeal against dismissal. The report pack indicates that this item will be discussed in private, as it relates to individual members of staff and is exempt from publication under paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 19721. The documentation provided for this item spans pages 5 to 112 of the public reports pack2.

The meeting is scheduled to take place in Committee Room 1 at the Town Hall, Barking3, on Monday, 2 November 2026, commencing at 11:00 am. A pre-meeting for councillors is scheduled for 10:30 am. The members of the Personnel Board attending are Cllr Regina Rahman (Chair), Cllr Ingrid Robinson (Deputy Chair and Labour Group Chair), and Cllr Edna Fergus. Masuma Ahmed is listed as the Contact Officer for the meeting.

  1. This refers to specific legislation that allows for the exclusion of the public and press from council meetings when sensitive information, such as details about individual staff members, is being discussed. ↩

  2. The public reports pack for this meeting can be found at: https://lbbd.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g14289/Public%20reports%20pack%20Monday%2002-Nov-2026%2011.00%20Personnel%20Board.pdf?T=10 ↩

  3. The Town Hall, Barking can be found on Google Maps here: https://www.google.com/maps/search/Town+Hall+Barking+Barking+and+Dagenham+Council/ ↩

Attendees

Masuma Ahmed
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Cllr Regina Rahman Chair of Personnel Board Labour and Co-operative Party Abbey
Michelle Coleman
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Cllr Ingrid Robinson Deputy Chair of Personnel Board and Labour Group Chair Labour and Co-operative Party Heath
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Cllr Edna Fergus Labour Party Becontree

Topics

Personnel Board Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, Part 1, Paragraph 1

Meeting Documents

Agenda

Agenda frontsheet Monday 02-Nov-2026 11.00 Personnel Board.pdf

Reports Pack

Public reports pack Monday 02-Nov-2026 11.00 Personnel Board.pdf