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Our public face throws hat into ring for forthcoming May elections

February 1, 2023 // 3 Comments

Before getting onto the part where our public face throws his hat into the ring for the forthcoming elections in May, there’s another matter to draw to your attention. [...]

Fly-tipping in Folkestone & Hythe District rises 52%, the highest in Kent

January 31, 2023 // 3 Comments

The number of recorded fly-tipping incidents between 2020/21 and 2021/22, across the Folkestone & Hythe District has grown by 52%, according to the latest statistics [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Kent Ecological Advice Service query if Biodiversity Net Gain will exceed 20%.

January 30, 2023 // 1 Comment

It can’t be easy wanting to build a new town where you wish to build up to 10,000 homes. It would seem that Otterpool Park LLP, the master developer is running into [...]

Council’s accounts: Another hat trick of irregularities

January 28, 2023 // 3 Comments

How many times does it take Folkestone & Hythe District Council to produce a draft set of accounts for publication, for the financial year 2021/22? No it’s not a [...]

Council’s accounts “are nothing short of a dog’s breakfast”

January 27, 2023 // 1 Comment

“They are nothing short of a dog’s breakfast” says Chris a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), “and [...]

How Do We Feel About Where We Live?

January 26, 2023 // 1 Comment

On Saturday 28 Jan, between 14:00 – 16:30, the New Folkestone Society is holding a free community conversation in the Church Hall of the Cornerstone Centre (former [...]

Princes Parade: A hat trick of contract irregularities

January 23, 2023 // 8 Comments

One has to hand it to Folkestone & Hythe District Council. They have single handedly awarded three contracts to companies who were working on Princes Parade, six months [...]

Part 42: Even more Financial Irregularities

January 20, 2023 // 6 Comments

There are many residents who have expressed concern about Folkestone & Hythe District Council, spending the successful £20m Levelling Up Fund money they were awarded on [...]

Successful £20m Levelling Up Fund bid by Folkestone & Hythe District Council

January 19, 2023 // 8 Comments

Updated 19.01.23 @ 17:20 Just four days ago we wrote about the Council’s £20m Levelling Up Fund bid. It was announced yesterday 18/01/2023, that the bid had been [...]

Overview & Scrutiny: Retrofitting, Housing, Fuel Poverty and a dash of hypocrisy

January 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

Housing, housing, housing, it’s all about housing. On the agenda at the Overview & Scrutiny Committee held on the 17 Jan 2023 was Retrofitting Council homes in the [...]

Council Temporary staff cost pass a million with a little help from a possible lie

January 17, 2023 // 2 Comments

Temporary staff costs for Folkestone & Hythe District Council between April and Nov 2022 have reached £1,116,860.  We predicted back in Nov 2022, temporary Staff would [...]

Breaking News: Cllr Philip Martin steps down as a Conservative leaving a hung Council

January 16, 2023 // 8 Comments

Cllr Philip Martin (pictured) who is Chairman of the Council, has stepped down from the local Conservatives association and is no longer a Conservative. This also means he is [...]

Folkestone – £20m Place Plan funding expected this month.

January 15, 2023 // 1 Comment

Folkestone and Hythe District Council (FHDC) submitted a bid to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for Levelling Up Fund Round 2 (LUF2) for [...]

Council’s Chief Finance Officer is leaving the building

January 14, 2023 // 4 Comments

Charlotte Spendley the Chief Finance Officer (s151 Officer) at Folkestone & Hythe District Council is leaving the building sometime in the near future. Did she jump, or [...]

Domestos: We’re 99.9% sure Folkestone & Hythe residents will have highest council tax for twentieth year in a row.

January 12, 2023 // 4 Comments

It’s like Domestos, we can only be 99.9% certain that Folkestone & Hythe District Council will have the highest Council Tax of any district in Kent for the [...]

Council not using data matching to spot possible tenancy fraud claim Council sources

January 10, 2023 // 5 Comments

Just a look at three Council owned addresses throws up anomalies about tenants and companies registered at Council owned properties; which highlight possible tenancy fraud. [...]

Council has cost ratepayers millions when it was not necessary

January 8, 2023 // 4 Comments

The portfolio he overseas as Cabinet Member for Transport and Digital Transformation, includes Traffic management, on and off street Parking, Information technology, Customer [...]

Is Sunningdale House Developments Ltd in financial difficulty?

January 6, 2023 // 5 Comments

Update Jan 6 @15:12 Update – At 14:00 today, ninety minutes after we published our report, Sunningdale have filed accounts with Companies House. They are not currently [...]

Rural areas in Folkestone & Hythe District suffer worst broadband speeds in Kent.

January 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

The internet is something we now to take for granted. We stay connected via our computer’s pads or phones and many of us receive reasonable quality internet speeds and [...]

Some things never change, that’s just the way it is

January 4, 2023 // 5 Comments

As we begin the new year, it seems old habits die hard. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have awarded five contracts to Brighter Homes, based in Folkestone, according [...]

Budget Consultation 2023/24 – Miracle workers needed

January 2, 2023 // 2 Comments

At this time of year it is known that miracles have happened. The birth of a child at an inn is one such case. Wise men have traveled from the East bearing gifts. Shepherds [...]

Review of 2022: Trial dates, Prison Sentences, Financial Irregualrities and Damp & Mould

December 31, 2022 // 5 Comments

It’s been a tumultuous year by anyone’s standards. A war in Europe, a cost of living crisis, the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; Liz Truss lasting just [...]

Housing development at former St Saviour’s Hospital site in Hythe, in doubt

December 29, 2022 // 1 Comment

Detail, detail detail, the devil is in the detail. From the evidence publicly available it would appear for the former St Saviour Hospital reserved matters planning [...]

Part 2: The gift which keeps on giving

December 27, 2022 // 3 Comments

There are those who believe BS baffles brains. But when dealing with a qualified FoI practitioner, such as our public face, one knows when one is being feed BS by our [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council, the gift which keeps on giving

December 24, 2022 // 2 Comments

As the year draws to a close and we gather together throughout this festive season, with friends and family, you’ll be comforted by the knowledge that Folkestone & [...]

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