May 2022

Two QCs say report must be issued over unlawful expenditure of Premier Roofing & Clifford Carpentry and Interior contracts

May 31, 2022 // 7 Comments

Following on from our last post, Is this evidence of Fraud, Financial Irregularities, Non Compliance @ Folkestone & Hythe District Council? we sought the legal opinions [...]

Is this evidence of Fraud, Financial Irregularities, Non Compliance @ Folkestone & Hythe District Council?

May 28, 2022 // 4 Comments

Each year the Chairman of Folkestone & Hythe District Council Audit & Governance Committee (A&GC), must respond to the external auditors letter which asks: [...]

Delays in software leads to residents frustration over £150 Council Tax rebate during cost of living crisis.

May 26, 2022 // 4 Comments

Updated May 26 @ 16:35 On the 3rd Feb 2022, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a £150 council tax rebate for millions of households to help with soaring energy bills. The [...]

Whistleblower claims allegations of “serious and sustained fraud within the council”

May 25, 2022 // 7 Comments

Updated: 25.05.22 @ 15:12 A whistleblower’s allegation of corruption and cronyism inside Folkestone & Hythe District Council are so serious they claim only a [...]

Are Cllrs Monk, Field & the monitoring officer Amandeep Khroud acting with honesty & integrity?

May 24, 2022 // 3 Comments

On the 19th Nov 2021, we brought you the post: Cllr David Monk has a new occupation In the post we pointed out that Cllr David Drury Monk was a director in K B Occupational [...]

More financial irregularities at Folkestone & Hythe District Council

May 22, 2022 // 6 Comments

What is £5,553.96 + £0? The answer according to Folkestone & Hythe District Council is £5,811.96. What is £5,553.96 + £258? The answer is according to Folkestone [...]

More court cases for Michael Stainer yet to come.

May 21, 2022 // 7 Comments

July 8th, the day Michael Stainer will be sentenced for cheating the public revenue and fraud by false representation of £473,097, after a two week trial at Southwark Crown [...]

Michael Stainer guilty of ripping off staff and to be sentenced on July 8.

May 20, 2022 // 14 Comments

Michael Stainer [74] who cheated his employees and the taxman out of £473,097.07 while running The Grand is facing jail. Michael Stainer (pictured), 74, trousered the [...]

Council hiding seven years worth of credit card financial payments.

May 19, 2022 // 4 Comments

Seven years Folkestone & Hythe District Council have hidden, and failed to publish financial data for their Government Procurement Cards (read credit card), in clear [...]

Stainer Trial – Jury retires after 14 days of evidence

May 17, 2022 // 2 Comments

After 14 days of deliberations in the case of The Queen v Doris & Michael Stainer (pictured below), the jury have retired to consider the evidence. In all seven witnesses [...]

More bent council contracts? You decide.

May 15, 2022 // 3 Comments

Is it incompetence, fraud, stupidity or something else? How can contracts begin before they are even awarded? The answer of course is they can’t, as this would be a [...]

Enough long term vacant homes in Kent to house all of the statutory homeless in 2021

May 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

The number of long term vacant properties has fallen across nine out of the twelve districts in Kent according to the latest data from the Department for Levelling Up, [...]

Tory Cllr Danny Brook defects to Wimble’s Independent Party

May 11, 2022 // 4 Comments

Cllr Danny Brook (pictured) has left the Folkestone & Hythe Conservative Party and joined Cllr David Wimble’s independent party. This now makes the Tories one Cllr [...]

£2.5 million pound of financial irregularities on Council roofing contract under investigation

May 10, 2022 // 2 Comments

Anthony Wallner (pictured) is not a name you would have heard of. But regular readers won’t be surprised to learn that he is the Asset & Major Works Senior [...]

Part 2: Kent County Council’s special-education system is on its knees

May 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

Updated @ 08:35 on 10.05.22 The number of Kent Children and Young People aged between 0-25 with Education & Health Care Plans (EHCP), has risen from 15,281 in 2021 to [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Fundamental errors in updated Otterpool Park planning application

May 8, 2022 // 6 Comments

After seven years and more than £55m spent, the updated Otterpool Park Planning Application – Y19/0257/FH – has been submitted and is out to consultation now. [...]

6 out of 10 drivers prefer contactless payments at district car parks, but cash option to remain.

May 6, 2022 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have 26 car park where customers have to pay. In 2019/20 all car parks brought in £1,377,657 according to Council data. In 2020/21, [...]

Day 2: Stainer Trial at Southwark Crown Court

May 4, 2022 // 5 Comments

The second day of the Southwark Crown Court Trial of Michael and Doris Stainer (pictured below) saw HMRC’s Prosecuting Counsel Anthony Hucklesby present the jury with the [...]

Stainer Trial begins

May 3, 2022 // 2 Comments

The trial of Michael & Doris Stainer begun today 03.05.22, at Southwark Crown Court with the swearing in of the jury, and the trial proper beginning tomorrow. The case is [...]

Council taking the menopause seriously, and good on them.

May 2, 2022 // 1 Comment

Statistics tell us that ultimately all women who reach a certain age – average 51 – will hit menopause. Of these around, 80% will get symptoms from the well-known hot [...]

See ya tomorrow Mikey

May 2, 2022 // 2 Comments

The trial of `Michael and Doris Stainer commences tomorrow, Tuesday May 3rd at Southwark Crown Court before HH Judge Perrins. The charges were first described in detail in a [...]

Stodmarsh Nutrient Update: No new Canterbury Waste Water Treatment plant until 2030.

May 1, 2022 // 1 Comment

In a stark admission made by Simon Thomas head of Canterbury City Council’s planning department, in relation to the Stodmarsh Nutrient Neutrality issue; has said: The [...]

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