Hadleigh's controversial staffing sub committee has been dissolved, it has been confirmed today.

The issue was discussed during a confidential session at the end of a full Hadleigh town council meeting on Thursday March 18, after being put on the agenda four days earlier. However, Angela Gregg resigned from the council two days before the meeting, leaving just three committee members.

It emerged when councillors discussing an upcoming training session during a Hadleigh Matters meeting last Thursday they could not progress a training issue as there was no staffing sub committee to deal with it.

Hadleigh mayor Frank Minns insisted the dissolution was purely down to a lack of numbers and the necessary experience.

He today confirmed to Nub News: "The sub committee has been dissolved because we no longer have enough councillors to staff it with people with the necessary HR expertise - we are now six councillors down.

"The sub committee will be reformed after the by elections on 6 May, when we will be back up to strength.

"All the principal committees will have their new memberships elected at the same meeting. The staffing SC is a bit different because of the need for specific expertise, but we are confident that among 15 councillors we can either find that expertise and/or arrange the necessary training in HR matters."

The committee which dealt with staffing matters at town council courted controversy recently when allegations of prejudice against an applicant for the town manager's job was made against an unnamed councillor among those making the appointment.

An investigation was called for by two serving councillors, but a vote was taken, which included two other staffing sub committee members, and the motion was lost.

Hadleigh council has subsequently signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant and now the sub committee has been disbanded.

No formal action has been taken against any councillors on the allegations of prejudice and discrimination and the council has been advised any investigation may be deemed 'a waste of public money'.

Allegation of prejudice cover-up.