August 2020

Part 3: Leaked Spreadsheet Shows Many Outstanding Fire Works Cannot Have Been Completed

August 31, 2020 // 4 Comments

This is a guest post written by East Kent Housing staff and Council Officers from all four councils who own EKH We have provided a spreadsheet of all the outstanding actions [...]

Stainer the false prophet

August 30, 2020 // 8 Comments

Like the biblical prophet some think he resembles, Michael Stainer has frequently prophesised the imminent collapse of part of the southern elevation of the Grand. As [...]

Latest ONS Map Shows Covid-19 Deaths by Postcode

August 29, 2020 // 1 Comment

Below is the latest interactive map produced by ONS for the number of deaths involving COVID-19. The Office for National Statistics figures are based on all deaths where [...]

Part 2: The cover up has already begun with the Fire Compliance and Fire Risk Assessments at EKH

August 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

This is a guest post written by East Kent Housing staff and Council Officers from all four councils who own EKH In May 2018, Dame Judith Hackitt presented her report [...]

Part 1: Leaked Fire Safety Report Shows EKH Tenants & Leaseholders Lives Are At Significant Risk

August 27, 2020 // 7 Comments

The number of outstanding actions arising from Fire Risk Assessments which need remedial action to be compliant with current legislation across East Kent Housing managed [...]

A year on and still no council policy or plan to deal with the declared climate & ecological emergency

August 25, 2020 // 2 Comments

A working group is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. On Wednesday 24th July 2019, Folkestone & Hythe District Council declared a Climate & Ecological [...]

Part 1: Are Kent County Council Finances in Safe Hands?

August 23, 2020 // 1 Comment

Zena Cooke (pictured) is probably a woman you have never heard of. There is no need for you to have ever heard of her. She is Kent County Council’s (KCC) Director of [...]

Princes Parade: Will Oaklands Surgery get that £151,200 CIL money?

August 22, 2020 // 3 Comments

Updated 23/09/20 Regardless of one’s personal position on Princes Parade, one thing should be perfectly clear and that’s the cost of the legal fees spent by [...]

Council’s On Street Parking Contract lost £600,000 in five of the last seven financial years

August 19, 2020 // 6 Comments

Here’s a shocker – for five out of the last seven financial years, On Street parking has NOT made money for Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC). In [...]

Kent and Medway NHS Trust continue to send mental health patients hundreds of miles from home for hospital beds

August 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

Between the 1st April 2017 and the 4th August 2020, the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) have sent two hundred and twenty eight (228) mental [...]

28% of all Households in the district are claiming Council Tax Reduction

August 16, 2020 // 2 Comments

Figures revealed by Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet Member, Tim Prater, make it clear that 28% of chargeable households for Council tax are in receipt of [...]

Stainer sent packing (again) in Tribunal humiliation

August 14, 2020 // 9 Comments

Update: 27 May 2021 @13:00 The latest full determination in a six-year saga of defeats in Tribunal and High Court hearings, was published on 11th August. The owners of the [...]

Same Story Different Transport

August 10, 2020 // 6 Comments

Updated 18 July 2022 @ 09:10 The issue of refugees crossing the Channel and arriving on English soil is NOT new. Back in May 2002, our public face worked as a reporter for [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council issue £6.2 million worth of contracts bypassing normal tendering processes

August 9, 2020 // 9 Comments

£6.2 million pounds worth of contracts in 2019/20 were issued by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, using waivers and citing urgency and expediency. In total, 49 [...]

So, Where’s The Money Gone?

August 7, 2020 // 1 Comment

So, where’s the money? The financial data below has all come from Folkestone & Hythe District Council. It excludes VAT. It is the Temporary staff costs data from [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Land Assemby for Otterpool Park cost £37.7 million to date

August 6, 2020 // 2 Comments

On the 4th Feb 2020 it was announced Cllr Ian Meyers (UKIP) had stepped down from his Cabinet position “to allow him more time to care for family members.” [...]

Something is Rotten in the District of Folkestone & Hythe

August 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

There’s more to this than meets the eye. Yes the facts surrounding the Leo Griggs Royal Victoria Site gets murkier. Not only has the site been closed by the Health [...]

“If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves.”

August 3, 2020 // 2 Comments

“If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves.” said Emily Dickinson. But more evidence emerges Folkestone & Hythe District Council [...]

The Long Read: Planning excites passion.

August 1, 2020 // 6 Comments

Planning has always been the hottest of all local government topics. It’s the one most likely to stir the passions of local people and yet no sooner have those passions [...]

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