September 2015

I’ve been reading online small print so you don’t have to – but you need to know how much information you’re giving away. We live in a time of terms and conditions. Never before have we signed or agreed so many. But one thing hasn’t changed: we still rarely read them. [Click to Read More]

The standard stuff you provide them… Name City of birth City of residence Phone Email Current employment Previous employment Relationship Anniversary Previous relationships Previous names (aliases) Screen names Address book Family members Birthday Religious views Address Website Email address(s) [Click to Read More]

There are no legal constraints on local authorities raising bonds, but it has not been encouraged by governments since the 1980s. However this changed when an important precedent was set whereby the Treasury authorised Transport for London (itself a local authority in legal terms) to issue £600m [Click to Read More]

On the 29/07/15  Shepwayvox blogged the following post  ICO. Finally ALL Cllrs have now registered on the 15/09/15 some seven weeks later. [Better late than never] This is a small step, but a hugely significant one as it means Cllrs must be open to  Penetrative Testing and if they lose your [Click to Read More]

In August I wrote a blog about Cllr Susie Govett [UKIP New Romney] using Facebook as a forum for her Constituency Surgery see: Cllr Susie Govett We know that Facebook are registered in Ireland for Tax Reasons. Anyway a Facebook user has taken his privacy campaign to the European Union’s [Click to Read More]

or The Long Slow Death of Accountability Under the Localism Act, there is no longer a requirement for members to declare gifts and hospitality and no legal requirement for either a standards committee or the monitoring officer to check any register on a regular basis. SDC could thus decide to cease [Click to Read More]

Folkestone Parks And Pleasure Grounds Charity registration charity number 1006288 findable here: Folkestone Parks & Pleasure Grounds Charity also Folkestone Parks & Pleasure Grounds Charity 2 As council tax payers Folkestone & Sandgate residents pay roughly £35 a year to this charity. [Click to Read More]

LAND including Bouverie Place Shopping Centre the Saga Buildings and the former site of Silver Spring are owned by companies based in offshore tax havens it can be revealed. Private Eye Have produced and excellent interactive map click Private Eye just locate Shepway and enjoy. Many other [Click to Read More]

SDC employ Stanford and Green and Equita as their bailiffs [enforcement agents] for non-payment of Council Tax. It would appear after seeing quite a few emails sent by Stanford and Green to Shepway Residents that they are asking for people who have received the bailiffs notices to contact them and [Click to Read More]

Magistrates’ fines and council tax bills are driving increasing numbers of people into problem debt, an advice charity said on Tuesday, as low wages and the increased cost of living squeeze household finances. Also see Largest Debt Issue for Families  & Most Common Debt Problem In 2014/15, [Click to Read More]