A Love Fest in a “War Zone” and a £9k Donation.
“It’s a ‘war zone’ after more than a decade of decay and neglect.’ said Cllr Robert Hubble on behalf of Elmstead & Stelling Minning Parish [...]
September 2016
Is Tax Avoidance Wrong?
Tax is something we pay. Most of us do it voluntarily but there are some among us who use tax to their advantage. Tax avoidance is legal, tax evasion is illegal. The Lux [...]
SDC’s Hat Trick of Misleading the Old & Disabled, by Omission.
For the third time in a row the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have found Shepway District council wanting. Their Lifeline Advertising aimed at the Old, the [...]
Switzerland comes to Shepway
In the digital age, offshore secrets are hard to keep.We believe this kind of basic information, the names of people who are linked to what companies, is something that [...]
Another Day for You & We In Paradise.
‘The first wealth is health’. Prior to 2014 there were no Trussell Trust Foodbanks in Shepway. Since the foodbanks arrival in Shepway in 2014, the numbers using [...]
Top 20 Shepway Landlords received £2.6 million in Housing Benefit
In 2014/15 the top 20 Private Landlords in Shepway received, two million, six hundred and forty three thousand, three hundred and forty five pounds – £2,643,345 [...]
Who Will Save the Grand?
As the Grand continues to crumble after years of well-documented neglect, the residents, some in their 90s, await with mounting fear the next set of bills for maintenance. [...]
Smell as a Statutory Nuisance
Recently Kentonline ran a story about a ‘Gut Wrenching Smell’ which was ‘driving visitors away from Romney Marsh and forcing residents to leave their [...]
It’s still ‘who you know not what you know that matters’
‘It’s not what you know but who you know’ so goes the saying, and it looks as though Hythe Town Councillor Paul O’Connor (below) knew the right [...]
Fraud.
In Oct 2016 claims for Housing Benefit & Council Tax applications for those in the Shepway District, will be able to be made online for the first time. The Audit & [...]
Another 144 ‘Affordable’ Homes to buy or rent lost.
Taylor Wimpey (TW) are the third largest house builder in the UK. Their Pre-tax profit before exceptional items rose 34.1% from £450m to £603m to the year ending December [...]
Planning Application Y12/0897/SH, Folkestone Kent.
Charity is the proverbial gift of a fish to a hungry person Philanthropy is teaching them how to fish Developers such as the local philanthropist Sir Roger De Haan often [...]
Planning Application Y/16/0725/SH Hythe, Kent.
It all begins with a simple phone call. They were agitated, scared, nervous, confused with lots of questions. What if the rents go up? What if they ask us to move? Where will [...]
The Dark Side of Gentrification
On the sun strewn hills just above Folkestone, a family sit down to eat Sunday Lunch. The view they have is amazing, we can see France, the English channel fanning out and [...]