Oh what a tangled web we weave…
When the Shepway Vox Team were chasing down the figures for Hospital Acquired Covid via an Environmental Information Request, three of the four Kent Acute NHS Trusts supplied [...]
16% of all Kent Households claiming Universal Credit
Another 2,544 people claimed Universal Credit (UC) in Kent in Jan 2021, meaning that nearly 16.63% of the working population aged between 16 – 64 is now unemployed in the [...]
Is this the stupidest person in England?
Updated 07:47 26/02/20 It is our honest opinion that Alison Fox (pictured), who is presently Trust Secretary for East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust is the [...]
Buyer Beware!
Any lingering doubts about the survival of Michel Stainer’s Grand empire disappeared on Saturday afternoon. For two hours, process servers acting for the administrators of [...]
Council award £2.5 million pound contract to BAM Construction to begin development of Princes Parade Liesure Centre
On the 13th Nov 2019, the Princes Parade Business Plan went before Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet. The Business Plan was set out in Report Number [...]
Hypocrisy by District and Kent County Cllrs over Council Tax
For those of you not aware, Council tax debt is the most common debt seen by Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) advisers. The CAB estimated in the first 3 months of Coronavirus, [...]
FHDC look set to have highest Council Tax in Kent for eighteenth year in a row
On the 24 February 2021, Report A/20/08 will go before Folkestone & Hythe District Council Full Council at 7pm. This report concludes the budget setting process for [...]
Abramovich’s lieutenants issue s21 eviction notices to tenants at Marlbrough Court, Hythe.
On the 25th Sept 2018, we made it clear Pensand House and Marlborough Court, South Rd, Hythe was purchased by Roman Abramovich, via a complicated offshore arrangement back in [...]
Otterpool Park & Quinn Estates interest in Sellindge grows
Plans to progress Otterpool Park to a revised planning application has been underway for quite some time. As revealed by the bloggers at slurry.org.uk last [...]
One in six people admitted to a Kent Acute NHS Trust hospital without Covid, became infected in hospital.
Updated 13/02/21 @11:54am The rate of Hospital Acquired Covid – technically known as “nosocomial” infections – across all four Kent acute NHS Trust mirrors [...]
Data reveals Kent’s restaurant bill from Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out To Help Out scheme
Restaurants in Kent claimed for nearly 2.5 million meals through the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out initiative last summer. The data released by Her Majesty’s [...]
Hospital Acquired Covid data for all Kent Acute NHS Trusts
All acute NHS Trusts Hospitals have been in the eye of a covid-19 storm. This has been driven by rapid rises in community infection rates in March/April, Sept/Oct and Dec. [...]
Doctor and Local Care Home Staff report resident deaths within 48/72 hours of Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine being administered
Updated: 21/02/21 @ 22:35 A doctor in a local care home has reported to us, residents who have received the Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine, have died within 48/72 hours of [...]
Approved Tory Parliamentary Candidate Stephen James resigned rather than face investigation into his professional standards as a teacher.
A fortnight ago we wrote about Stephen James (pictured). We highlighted that he’d come to the attention of Private Eye who ran a story on him. We made it clear he is an [...]
Another Lie by Cllr David Drury Monk?
Why does Council leader David Monk (pictured) lie to his fellow councillors and the residents of the district either by design or accident? Here’s a very recent example: [...]
Yet Another Visionary Plan for Folkestone Town Centre
Following the announcement of a “visionary” Place Plan in October 2020, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have just revealed that We Made That LLP have been awarded [...]
Napier Barracks Fire Incident.
Updated 30th Jan @19:10 Obviously, those who perpetrated the fire at Napier Barracks, Folkestone endangered the lives of those on the site at the time, which is unacceptable. [...]
Folkestone Seafront Development gets curiouser and curiouser says Alice
Updated 05/02/21 07:10am Here’s a curious thing. The reserved matters planning application for the first building (Plot B) of the Folkestone Seafront Development [...]
Covid-19 Grant Fraud at the Grand as Council demands its money back
BREAKING NEWS: Following an FOI request first made on May 3rd 2020 and a full eight months late, the Council has conceded that it received applications for COVID-19 grants [...]
34% of Covid patients conveyed by Ambulance were not admitted to Kent Hospitals
Updated 29/01/21 @11:50am The number of Covid-19 patients conveyed to the four Kent Acute NHS Trusts by South East Coast Ambulance between 1 Jan and 30 Nov was 7,362. The [...]
15% of all Kent Households claiming Universal Credit
Another 3,364 people claimed Universal Credit (UC) in Kent in Dec 2020, meaning that nearly 13.11% of the working population aged between 16 – 64 is now unemployed in the [...]
Kent motorists milked for £50 million in 2019/20
Updated: 15:12 – 27/01/21 Parking income is derived from three main sources: meter income, residents’ and business permits, and penalties. Other sources are towing [...]
The charmed lives of Cllr Ray Field & Cllr Clive Goddard
Have Cllr Ray Field (Ind – Harbour Ward) and Cllr Clive Goddard (Con – Wallend & Denge Marsh) broken the Council’s Code of Conduct by knowingly or [...]
Stephen James Local School Teacher and approved Tory parliamentary candidates makes Private Eye Magazine.
Stephen James – a local School Teacher describes himself as ” an active member of the Conservative Party and Approved Parliamentary Candidate. I currently hold [...]
Council refusing to lift ban to allow disabled individual to be vaccinated at Civic Centre
Updated 09:42 on 22/01/21 Public authorities such as Folkestone & Hythe District Council must consider your right to life when making decisions that might put you in [...]