What does “Affordable” Mean?
So the Folkestone Herald informs us the average house price is £286’000 in Shepway. Kent Online informs us the average salary in Shepway is £25’251 SDC [...]
November 2015
Couldn’t Organise a Bun Fight in a Bakery
SDC promised that the new Economic Development Website would be up an running by the beginning of Novemeber 15. Almost one month later, the site appears not to be [...]
B&B Bill
Between Jan 15 – Oct 15 Shepway District Council have spent the sum of £456’648.93 + or – 1% on Bed and Breakfast Accommodation across Shepway. SDC [...]
Do you feel safe now?
Cllr David Drury Monk (pictured) is the Leader of Shepway District Council. He has in a previous life been a “Businessman”/” Entrepreneur” . He has [...]
What we can tell you about James Alistair Stewart.
As Returning officer he looks after the electoral register which residents of Shepway are on. Therefore James can know a lot about you. What though do you know about James? [...]
We Love The Folkestone Sprucer.
It has been brought to our attention that the Folkestone Town Sprucer is getting the put down by a senior local politician. A member of the public has sent us the following: [...]
Cllr Simmons Inappropriate Expense Claims Investigation.
Cllr Peter Simmons will have to return the monies for the anomalies discovered in his expenses claims. On Monday 16 Nov 2015 an extraordinary meeting of the Audit and [...]
Future Job Losses at SDC.
Last week 9 – 14th Nov 2015, Alistair Stewart, Peter Wignall and Joanna Miller senior management of SDC called together the 40 staff who work in the Contact Centre at [...]
SDC Senior Salaries 13/14 – 14/15
Below are the Salaries for those on above £50,000 per annum at SDC. These do not include pension contributions nor expenses. Job Title and Name [...]
A Conflict of Interest? You Decide
It has been brought to our attention by a member of the public who informed us about a little company called Creative Places & Spaces. It is a Community Interest Company [...]
Former Cllr Alan Clifton-Holt’s Expenses Anomalies.
Former Conservative SDC Councillor Alan Clifton- Holt expenses appear to have some serious anomalies in them; which may well need further explanation and investigation, by [...]
Councillors Lack of Accountability.
Given the weakening of oversight of elected Cllrs, rules and tools to regulate the conduct of elected members are increasingly important. Such rules should establish how [...]
Cllr David “Drury” Monk
Cllr David “Drury” Monk (pictured) Leader of Shepway District Council lives at 23 Minter Avenue Densole Kent CT18 7DS according to the SDC website. He [...]
Cllr Peter Simmons Expenses Claims 2014/15
As promised Shepwayvox has upload Cllr Peter Simmons expenses claims for the year 2014 – 15. It must be remembered Cllr Simmons ran a small business giving tax advice [...]
What’s Ten Grand between Friends?
Cllrs Expenses Claims are being investigated by SDC, we would ask that they kindly look into the following as well. _2014_-_2015_Members’_allowances_and_expenses the [...]
A Simple FOI in a Complex World.
A Freedom of Information Act Request [FOI] revealed that more than 15,833 mobile phones were lost on the London Underground in 2013, as well as 506 tablets and 528 laptops. [...]
SDC’s Investigation into Cllrs Expenses, behind closed doors.
SDC’s investigation into Cllrs Inappropriate Expenses Claims will be dealt with behind closed doors. An Extraordinary Audit and Standards Committee has been announced [...]
Shared Services & Consultants
Leader of Shepway District Council, Cllr David “Drury” Monk (Con) and Corporate Director for Resources Jeremy Chambers have been exploring alternative service [...]
The Chain of Command.
The Governance portfolio in 2014/15 at Shepway District Council was made up by Amandeep Khroud Solicitor to the Council, Joanna Miller Head of Finance, Cllr David [...]
Official Cllrs Expenses Investigation 4
For those of you who have been reading Shepwayvox, you know all about the cllrs expenses investigation, well tonight, The Herald have finally reported on the story. “A [...]
42,000 Days of Snooping By Local Councils.
Between 2012 and 2015 Councils have snooped on local Citizens for 42,000 days, which is equivalent to 115 years. Council’s The Police, Social Services, the DWP et al [...]
FOI Workshop 09/11/15
Since 2005, the Freedom of Information Act has brought to light countless public organisations across Kent and what they have done in your name and with your money. Now [...]
SDC’s – Beggar & Homelessness Traps
SDC have given themselves new powers to entrap the poor, to criminalise them, put them into debt and into prison. On the 18/06/15 SDC introduced Public Space Protection Order [...]