April 2020

Otterpool Park Update: Council set up two new companies to deliver the project and land registry docs show deal to buy racecourse still not completed.

April 30, 2020 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have set up two companies which will look after the delivery of the 10,000 homes Otterpool Park development. The first company [...]

Council’s Costs to Defend Princes Parade Judicial Review, Rise by Staggering 85%.

April 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

Since we last reported on payments made by Folkestone & Hythe District Council to their Solicitors’s of choice – Attwells Solicitors LLP – to defend [...]

Coronavirus Kent: ONS Figures Paint More Accurate Figure Of Non-Hospital Deaths

April 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

In the latest figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) they show a marked increase in covid-19 deaths in Kent (including Medway) – as reporting [...]

FHDC still paying NowMedical for reports after lockdown begun

April 27, 2020 // 1 Comment

At the begining of March we brought you the story about – How a doctor who has never seen you can say you’re fit enough to sleep on the streets of Kent. In short [...]

Why are Cllr Lesley Whybrow & FHDC failing to release air quality data which is relevant to the current pandemic?

April 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

High levels of air pollution NO² (Nitrogen Dioxide) is “one of the most important contributors” to deaths from Covid-19, according to research in Europe and the USA. The [...]

Congratulations – Folkestone & Hythe District Council Spend £1.3 million On Temporary Staff in 19/20

April 25, 2020 // 1 Comment

They’ve smashed it. We said they would, we knew they would and they didn’t let us down. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent more money on Temporary Staff [...]

Councils in dispute with gas contractor while setting a date to transfer East Kent Housing services to councils

April 25, 2020 // 1 Comment

On the 13th December 2019, the four chief execs of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet Councils became the directors of East Kent Housing. The Shepwayvox [...]

Kent Covid -19 deaths compared to non-covid-19 deaths in Kent & England and Wales

April 24, 2020 // 2 Comments

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) published their most up to date data yesterday for all deaths due to Covid-19; and all other deaths across all local authorities in [...]

District homeless housed in B&B’s where county line gang members operating from during covid-19 crisis

April 23, 2020 // 3 Comments

County line gang members are operating from B&B rooms in the district where Folkestone & Hythe District Council have housed vulnerable homeless people during the [...]

Covid-19 Death Toll Likely To Be Double What The Government Is Admitting

April 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Financial Times this morning are suggesting the death toll from covid-19 is far higher than we have been informed by the Govt (quelle surprise). It states: “The [...]

Universal Credit Claims Pass 80,000 in Kent

April 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

The numbers of people claiming Universal Credit (UC) across all JobCentre Plus Offices in Kent (including Medway) between Feb 2019 and March 12th 2020 has risen by 37,329 [...]

Free Handouts or a Genuine Lifeline? How Councils are ‘Managing’ the COVID-19 Financial Support Programme

April 20, 2020 // 1 Comment

Deserted streets, closed or shuttered shops, hotels and restaurants. It’s like a scene from any one of a dozen end of the world movies. The one though, that leaps to mind [...]

Clapping Is Welcome, Now Pay Us a Decent Wage Say Carers.

April 20, 2020 // 1 Comment

“I’d love a pay rise. The ultimate owner of our care home got £2.5 million last year. Me no pay rise at all.” Kent Care Worker 19/04/20 In 2016 we wrote [...]

Coronavirus: Let’s Not Forget The Animals in The District

April 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is animal welfare and the [...]

RIP Aimee O’Rourke

April 16, 2020 // 3 Comments

We did not know Aimee O’Rourke, nor do we suspect did many of you. Aimee was a 39-year-old nurse who worked at the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, [...]

A Little Bit Of Good News

April 15, 2020 // 8 Comments

There is good news, those that go into hospital with Covid-19 do come out. It’s not all about deaths, even though the mass media seem absolutely locked onto these [...]

Help & Assistance on Universal Credit

April 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

“Every little helps” so the Tesco’s adverstising logo says; and at a time when many across the Folkestone & Hythe District will have to claim Universal [...]

Whose Life To Save?

April 12, 2020 // 1 Comment

Amid concerns that patient demand could outstrip NHS supply in the fight against COVID-19, there is trepidation the elderly and vulnerable will not be prioritised in [...]

Kent Police Have Chosen NOT To Use Their Drones During Covid-19 Lockdown

April 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

At the beginning of covid-19 lockdown there was drone footage appearing across the national press of people seemingly flouting the lockdown. One instance was the people [...]

A Fantastic Effort By Folkestone & Hythe District Council Staff

April 9, 2020 // 1 Comment

They’ve been amazing! Yes, Folkestone & Hythe District Council staff have been incredible as they have paid out over £8 million in government business grants to [...]

Fall in Covid-19 symptoms on tracker app suggests lockdown is working

April 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

Here is the latest data from the Covid-19 Radar app interactive map. It does NOT mean we are out of the woods yet. It indicates that lockdown and social distancing ARE having [...]

Child Poverty in Kent, Has Risen For Fifth Year In A Row

April 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is the continuing growth in [...]

FHDC Set To Use Zoom Despite Data Being Sent To China

April 7, 2020 // 3 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council are set to use Zoom, the video conferencing software, to conduct its virtual meetings. As we understand Cllrs have been asked to [...]

“Zoom is malware” and Folkestone & Hythe District Council & Town & Parish Councils Intend To Use It.

April 6, 2020 // 1 Comment

It has been brought to our attention that Folkestone & Hythe District Council have trialed Zoom – a video conferencing with real-time messaging and content [...]

Coronavirus Kent: Domestic abuse help is at hand

April 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

While the whole country grapples with the consequences of Covid-19, spare a thought for the huge dangers lurking behind closed doors for victims of domestic abuse and [...]

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