De Haan Harbour charm offensive spins “positive response” to new heights.
“He says the modified design had a positive response from the local civic groups.” This is the last sentence in an article by The Independent about Sir Roger De [...]
Hoarding at Princes Parade will be down by Easter 2024
It is the beginning of the end for the hoarding on Princes Parade. On Monday 20 Nov 2023, Folkestone & Hythe District Council placed a tender for the removal of the [...]
£750,000 of Contract Irregularities at Folkestone & Hythe District Council
Before we move forward we must go back almost a year. If one casts one’s mind back to Report Number AuG/22/21; which went before the Audit & Governance Committee [...]
Council withdraw car parking charging proposals for Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe & New Romney High Streets.
Parking in our district is currently in the headlines. But something most of you didn’t know, and don’t know, is the Council is yet again in breach of the law and [...]
Council’s on street car parking financial modelling proposal for raising money to plug £18m deficit, doesn’t add up.
Is it a U-turn or even a partial U-turn on the parking fiasco engulfing the new Green led Folkestone & Hythe District Council. When we last reported on this issue, on the [...]
Is the pot calling the kettle black?
Pot and kettle spring to mind. Since May 2023, the Greens & Lib Dems have formed a minority coalition, while being supported by Labour. Prior to the Greens leading [...]
Council propose parking charges in Folkestone, Hythe & New Romney high streets to plug £18.5m deficit
And due to the Tory profligacy under former leader David Monk, the new Green led administration are proposing motorists pay nearly £400,000 per year, for parking in the town [...]
Temporary Staff costs to break £1m barrier for fourth time in six years
In a time when the Council need to save money, they will once again spend more than a million pounds on temporary staff. They will spend this amount for the fourth time in [...]
More contract irregularities even under new Green led administration
Who cares, who really cares? It is not as if we can say our Cllrs care. They are all too often reactive to situations, not proactive. Under the old regime we wrote frequently [...]
Tory profligacy means newly elected Council must find savings of £3m
‘History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce’ Karl Marx In Feb 2004 the then Tory led Shepway District Council voted for a 39% increase in its [...]
Failed businessman David Pownceby starts two new construction companies
Some people have more front than Selfridges, so the saying goes. And one such person is David Richard Pownceby (pictured). Having recently sent two companies into voluntary [...]
Leas Pavillion not being held up by planning or utility issues
For many it will not come as a surprise, but all work on the Leas Pavillion site has come to a halt. The site is owned by Leas Pavilion Development Limited. They purchased [...]
New Green led Council abandons election pledge to build more affordable Council homes
The Council are looking to sell land once earmarked for 30 Council homes at Highview Moat Farm Rd Folkestone, to a private developer, meaning only 7 homes will be [...]
Sunningdale House & Development House go under owing £55m to 321 creditors
Sunningdale House Developments Limited (SHDL) and Development House Limited (DHL) both previously owned and controled by David Richard Pownceby (pictured) have both gone into [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Council does not have the appetite or capacity to fund the Otterpool Park Project
Folkestone & Hythe District Council is severely constrained financially with regard to the Otterpool Park development of 10,000, due to several factors including any [...]
Acting Chair of East Kent Hospital – Stewart Baird – knew of fraud at Trust earlier this year
Earlier this year the East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust Non Executive Director for People and Culture and the Vice Chair – Stewart Baird (pictured) said [...]
More than 1000 households forced into temporary accomodation in last five years at a cost of £1.9m
Temporary Accommodation is accommodation provided in connection with a local authority’s statutory homelessness obligations under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996, (as [...]
Doubt over claims East Kent Hospital Trust have signed NHS Sexual safety in healthcare charter
Does simply saying something mean it’s true? We ask this question because to date East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust have stated twice they’ve [...]
Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in for me!
“Infamy! Infamy! They’ve all got it in for me!” believes Niall Dickson, the Chair of East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (pictured) who believes the [...]
Trust had substantial cash flow issues in 2022/23
Just one simple chart shows you that East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust [EKHUFT] had cash flow issues in 2022/23. The Better Payment Practice code requires that [...]
Two out of three users of district car parks pay by RingGo.
Parking is an issue that is never far from visitors or locals minds. When the sun shines across our district we are blessed with visitors and locals who fill all 26 Council [...]
Frontline staff member makes sexual assault claim against Trust’s chair.
An individual frontline worker at East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust has accused the Trust’s Chairman Niall Dickson CBE (pictured) of sexual assault. They [...]
Exclusive: East Kent Hospitals open two investigations into sexual misconduct.
Exclusive The Trust, East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) have opened an investigation into sexual misconduct. This means there are now two investigations, [...]
Cllr Monk’s diary reveals his freemason links.
Hands up those who knew that Parish Cllr, David Monk, and former leader of Folkestone & Hythe District Council is a freemason, as was his wife’s father. According [...]
Staff at East Kent Hospital Univerisyty Foundation Trust claim sexual harassment and sexual assault is an “everyday experience”
Updated Sun 17 Sept @16:24 Since we asked people to contact us about physical violence by managers and staff within East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust, [...]