July 2016 – ShepwayVox Dissent is not a Crime

A Demo Against Smash & Grab of the Crudest Kind. (This is our Jerusalem)

July 31, 2016 // 1 Comment

On Saturday 6th August a mass demonstration will be taking place in Hythe, against Development across Shepway & Ashford. Demonstrators will gather from 10.30AM onwards [...]

How to Investigate Companies, Free Training Day.

July 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

If you are free today and have nothing better to do, why not pop along to Sunflower House, Foord Rd, Folkestone, for a free Training Day on how to Investigate Companies from [...]

Where is the Money Cllr Alan Ewart-James?

July 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Some casual research earlier this year in to the activities of Oportunitas Limited (OL) led to the profile of one Alan Ewart-James, Hythe Town Councillor and Shepway District [...]

Would You Pay to Investigate Yourself?

July 26, 2016 // 2 Comments

If there has been unauthorised and fraudulent expenditure at Shepway District Council, is our external auditor Grant Thornton able to investigate? Yes, but to [...]

Has there been Unauthorised and Fraudulent Expenditure at Shepway District Council?

July 24, 2016 // 4 Comments

Each quarter Shepway District Council (SDC) must publish purchase orders above £5000. SDC as we have informed you say they will not release the PO’s for inspection, while [...]

Plausible Suspicion of Wrongdoing By SDC.

July 22, 2016 // 1 Comment

SDC are being both patronising and disingenuous regarding our public face access to the accounts which are open to inspection until Friday 12th August. They have refused [...]

Council House For Sex

July 20, 2016 // 5 Comments

Cllr Brian Copping (pictured) who represents the, East Folkestone Ward on Folkestone Town Council (below) has abused his position as a Councillor and brought the office of [...]

A Garden Village & A Lorry Park. (The Tales of an SDC’s Planning Advisor’s expenses.)

July 18, 2016 // 2 Comments

SDC’s Planning Advisor, Mr. C Lewis, has been a busy person, in the last financial year 2015/16. For most of it, he does what he does at SDC, but then in November & [...]

The Grand is Falling Down?

July 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Residents of the troubled Grand, not to be confused with holiday makers who stay in the 17 apartments owned privately by Mr.and Mrs Michael Stainer of which more later, [...]

SDC Corporate Director Jeremy Chambers Expenses 2015/16

July 13, 2016 // 3 Comments

Jeremy Chambers, a Shepway District Council Corporate Director (below) has been very hospitable on our behalf. Jeremy took seven people to lunch on Wednesday 3rd June 2015, [...]

Anomalies in SDC’s Company Oportunitas

July 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Oportunitas Ltd is a company solely owned by SDC. The Council has created this company to help promote new employment and housing opportunities across Shepway, so it says [...]

SDC’s Corporate Director Dr Susan Priest’s expenses 2015/16

July 10, 2016 // 2 Comments

Dr Susan Priest, (below,) a product of St Catherine’s College Cambridge, from whom she received a PhD in the examination of the effectiveness of government policy to [...]

SDC ‘s Chief Executive – Alistair Stewart, expenses 2015/16

July 8, 2016 // 5 Comments

On Tuesday the 16th February, the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin MP (pictured) – (all information comes from SDC’s CEO Alistair [...]

All Councillors Expenses and Receipts for 2015/16

July 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Residents of Shepway we Shepwayvox call upon your help. All Cllrs expenses – all 4 quarters are now online below as promised. There is so much information we have not [...]

Anomalies in SDC Councillors expenses 2015/16

July 5, 2016 // 3 Comments

For a second year in a row there are anomalies in SDC Councillors Allowances and Expenses claims. Cllrs have learned some new tricks and we the ratepayers of Shepway are [...]

Otterpool Manor Farmland Purchase Receipts

July 3, 2016 // 4 Comments

The land at Otterpool lane was bought by SDC by sealed tender. It was sold to SDC because they were the only bidder who bid for ALL the land. All the other bidders wished to [...]

SDC Gagging Orders increase 82% in 2015/16

July 1, 2016 // 4 Comments

As of the 30th June 2016 Shepway District Council placed their unaudited accounts for 2015/16 online. We would like to draw your attention to page 79 of the accounts and [...]

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