Part 2: M & R Refurbishments Ltd.
In our first post about M& R Refurbishment Ltd (M & R), we informed you there had been allegations of overcharging and potential fraud by M & R on the external [...]
The Grand: Hidden in plain sight.
After a six month lay-off from court appearances following what he misleadingly described to High Court Registrar Raquel Angelo QC as a “serious accident”, it was good to [...]
Free Course – Interrogating data.
Data matters. Data – Facebook data – so it is claimed may well have influenced the Brexit Vote and is currently being investigated by our own MP, Damian Collins [...]
£15 million for Pensand House & Malborough Court, Hythe.
Bids in excess of £15 million pounds are being sought for the purchase of Pensand House (pictured) and Malborough Court in South Rd Hythe.(They are to the left of Hythe [...]
On Street Parking
Parking is an issue which many of you feel strongly about. Folkestone & Hythe District Council state there has been a substantial increase from on street & off street [...]
Councillors Expenses 2017/18
So we have crunched the data on Cllrs Expenses and for the fourth year in a row they are wrong. – Expenses include – subsistence (food drink) Travel, eg train, [...]
The Long Read: M & R Refurbishments Ltd.
East Kent Housing (EKH), the largest arms length management organisation in the country, recently employed a contractor to undertake external painting of its Council housing [...]
The Council “neither confirms nor Denies” the Allegations of sexual harassment/misconduct leading to Settlement Agreements.
Back in Sept 2017 we brought you the post about Jeremy Chambers (pictured) being dismissed for Gross Misconduct. The allegations were that Jeremy was placed on gardening [...]
Otterpool Park Update
Housing Minister Dominic Raab (pictured) has potentially fixed a £350,000 problem for Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC). Back in January of this year, [...]
Dymchurch Recreation Ground
It all began with two simple sentences in the minutes of the 11 Jan 2017 (agenda item 2) report made by Dymchurch Parish Council. The two simple sentences said: This led to [...]
Kent MP Expenses & Allowances
The most expensive MP in Kent for the first ten months of the financial year April 2017 – Jan 2018 is Charlie Elphicke MP of Dover. In second place is our own Damian [...]
Incompetence? You decide.
The beancounters at Folkestone & Hythe District Council have outdone themselves this year. Yet again Councillors allowances and expenses now show three different figures [...]
Ross House, Ross Way, Folkestone
Updated 1st June 12.55 You really couldn’t make it up. Seriously, in March 2018 Folkestone & Hythe District (FHDC) substantially completed the purchase of Ross [...]
Former Cllr Peter William Simmons
Too many of us no doubt believe that Councillors are a law unto themselves in our District. This in part could be supported by the fact the Monitoring Officer of Folkestone [...]
Little Densole Farm & farewell to the Lionel Messi of Planning.
Before we begin informing you about the upcoming Little Densole Farm Y16-0623-SH planning application; which is before the Planning & Licensing Committee [...]
The Long Read: P & R Installation Company Ltd.
Forged gas certificates, Pensioners left without heating for weeks, children unable to stay in their homes, pipes left leaking for weeks, failed appointments, missed [...]
Cllr Roger Wilkins & Princes Parade.
Has Cllr Roger Wilkins fettered his discretion with regards to Princes Parade? Or has he predetermined both applications – Princes Parade & Otterpool Park? He is [...]
Otterpool Update: Homes England pay £9 million for land at Lympne Airfield.
On the 18th March we brought you the story that Homes England had purchased the land at the former Lympne Airfield. We can now tell you that Homes England have paid £9 [...]
Otterpool Park update – Compulsory purchase of land belonging to Berwick Manor Farm- Lympne.
“Hundreds of acres of land are to be compulsory purchased to allow for the building of a secondary school.” says Michael Owen a diary farmer at Berwick Farm, [...]
East Hythe ward by election – 24th May.
Tomorrow there will be a by election in East Hythe. On the 24th May 2018 for only the second time in electoral history in our district, three women are vying to be elected to [...]
Turner schools: part 3, Morehall and Martello primary schools.
Morehall Primary (Cheriton) Morehall was taken over by Turner Schools from the failed Lilac Sky Academy Trust in January 2017. One year on, pupil numbers have slumped from [...]
Turner Schools – part 2 Turner Free School (previously Pent Valley)
Following on from yesterday here is Part 2 where we look at the new Turner Free School – previously known as Pent Valley To understand the direction of travel of the [...]
Turner Schools: part 1 – Folkestone Academy.
A confidential document obtained by the Shepwayvox Team shows there may well be up to 42 job losses at Folkestone Academy over the coming months. Folkestone Academy was [...]
What can you buy for a £1
What can you buy for a pound? Breakfast cereals, shaving foam, fatballs, assorted perennial bulbs and much much more. But could you buy a school, a whole school for £1? Well [...]
Investigation into Cllrs Expenses & Allowances underway.
One week ago today we brought you the blog post about Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cllrs Expenses & Allowances for the financial year 2017/18. In the post we [...]