Cllrs, Social Housing Tenants & Visitors equality rights broken by Council
One of these days, you the good people of Folkestone & Hythe District are going to get good local government – and you are not going to like it. But while [...]
Princes Parade saved, but Council deficit magically increases by £2m.
Before we begin our report by our public face, who attended the Annual General Meeting of Folkestone & Hythe District Council meeting last night, 24 May 2023, which saw [...]
Evidence emerges of non-fire compliant doors in Folkestone & Hythe DC social housing
More than a 100 fire doors in properties owned by Folkestone & Hythe District Council from Lydd to Lyminge are non compliant according to a fire safety expert of more [...]
Is the Council’s Housing Allocation Policy Lawful?
Folkestone & Hythe District Council is, without doubt, a hard-pressed council with extremely high levels of housing need, insufficient accommodation to meet that need, [...]
Cllr assisgned to wrong ward and other c*ck ups by the Council.
Honestly we are NOT making it up. We don’t need to when Folkestone & Hythe District Council are around as they are the gift which keeps giving. For those of you [...]
Retrofitting council stock will lead to better health outcomes for those in social housing
Housing is a big issue for Folkestone & Hythe District Council, but here we are not talking about building more social housing, but rather retrofitting their existing [...]
Right to Roam access in Kent is just 0.6%
Did you know access to nature is very unequally distributed across England. 72% of the Peak District is access land, compared to just 0.6% of Kent According to data released [...]
To be or not to be, that is the question.
It was often said of the last Tory led administration of Folkestone & Hythe District Council, they did things to us, rather than with us. But will this new administration [...]
Council temporary staff costs rise to £2m and sets new all-time record
It’s a new record and by some margin. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £1,664,639 (net) on temporary staff between April 22 and Mar 23. With VAT added, [...]
Climate & Ecological Emergency motion was not referred to committee or priced,
How much has it cost? Well the honest answer is nobody knows, as it was never priced. Nor did the Council’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee discuss the best way [...]
Otterpool Park Update: A brief history of the political parties stance on the development
It is funny how political parties are prepared to do spectacular u-turns. This is true of all parties at national and local level. Regarding the Otterpool Park [...]
Councillors must prioritise finance if they are to survive the next four years.
Once again, Folkestone & Hythe District Council shot themselves in the foot with regards to their mandatory obligations under the Transparency Code 2015 They have failed [...]
Exclusive: Tory election result letter by Chairman Stephen James to their members
Exclusive As you know by now, the Tories in Folkestone & Hythe took a battering at the polling stations across the district on 4 May 2023. Within 48 hours the Chairman [...]
Council borrowed £20m in 2022/23, but must repay £35m by 2027/28
Both the Greens & Labour have promised to build more Council homes in their manifesto’s during their campaign. Neither party had sight of the accounts for 2022/23, [...]
Can things only get better for our environment?
It is good news for our extraordinary district’s environment. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have more publicly available electric vehicle charging points [...]
A vote for Rylands is a vote to help local Folkestone charities
At the beginning of my campaign I promised to donate my Councillor allowance to local Folkestone based charities, if elected. The charities who I would donate to, if elected, [...]
Solutions for Air Pollution
Air pollution is anything that makes the air more toxic and damaging to our health. Air pollution can affect all parts of our bodies, including the health of our lungs, [...]
A vote for Rylands is a vote to protect your heritage
Heritage has the power to stir people’s souls, guide human responses, and galvanize public opinion. Understanding and preserving our past has forever been integral to our [...]
KCC Commercial Services company start £2.2 billion of contracts before they were awarded
Kent County Council Commercial Services Group is a company you’ve probably never heard of. It is one of the largest, local authority owned, trading organisations of its [...]
Irony & Solutions
Saying one thing and doing another is something our local Tories are good at. Let me explain, Recently I received a Tory leaflet through my door, as I suspect have many of [...]
Is this the end game for Sunningdale House who want to buy Princes Parade?
David Richard Pownceby (pictured), the owner of Sunningdale House Developments Limited, the company who has offered Folkestone & Hythe District Council, somewhere in the [...]
£61m of contracts across eight Kent councils started before they were awarded
An analysis of eight out of twelve Kent Council’s shows that £61,317,807 worth of contracts were started before they were awarded, according to publicly available [...]
Part 2: Solutions to lower your Council Tax by £128
Exclusive I have already put forward solutions to lower your Council Tax by £128 This would apply to every household who pays council tax, wherever the household may be in [...]
Part 2: Housing, Housing, Housing, we need more housing
Over the last week, I have been asked about housing while out and about on the Campaign trail. I have answered questions to the best of my knowledge, and with the three sets [...]
In last 3 years Council spends £24.6m than it received in income
Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s accounts show they paid out £24,6m than they received in income over the last three years. Given what we know about missing [...]