August 2022

Following Harlow would lead to paying less Council Tax for us all in Kent

August 31, 2022 // 2 Comments

The average Council tax across all 12 Kent districts is £2,043. What with a cost of living crisis unfolding before our very eyes; which will get worse in 2023, how would you [...]

Michael Stainer makes surprise call to Old Timer’s Rally from behind bars

August 30, 2022 // 17 Comments

Yes he was there, if not in body, most definitely in voice, and heard by hundreds of people. At around 3pm yesterday at the Old Timer’s rally, on The Leas, Folkestone, [...]

Suspended Chief Officer of Operations at FHDC, Alastair Clifford, to be re-instated on 1 September

August 29, 2022 // 3 Comments

On the 27 June 2022, we announced that Alastair Clifford (pictured) – Chief Officer of Operations at Folkestone & Hythe District Council had been suspended, pending [...]

Cost of Living Crisis: Study finds 243 ‘hotspots’ in Kent at greatest risk from rising energy bills

August 27, 2022 // 1 Comment

Residents in Swale, Thanet and Folkestone & Hythe will be hit hardest by spiralling energy prices as the crisis deepens this week, a study has shown. The areas contain [...]

Part 3: KCC Special Education Needs spreading misinformation

August 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

They do make one laugh especially when they provide false information, but hey this is the modern age of misinformation and Kent County Council (KCC) want to be in on the act [...]

And yet more contract irregularities at our Council

August 24, 2022 // 2 Comments

And yet again it happens. Three further contracts have been let which are in clear breach of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Contract Standing Orders (CSOs). [...]

Good News: Kent Pension Fund administered by KCC holds less than 1% of investments in fossil fuel companies

August 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

Kent Pension Fund administered by Kent County Council, has over 140,000 members . The Pension Fund has taken giant strides in divesting from fossil fuel companies; which [...]

Cost of Living Crisis: “October frightens the sh*t outta me

August 18, 2022 // 4 Comments

Jane stands silently looking out across the English channel , while above her brooding clouds gather and seagulls head for shelter. Her faced etched with worry and concern, [...]

Why are we waiting?

August 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

It has been seventeen days since the draft accounts of Folkestone & Hythe District Council were meant to open for the residents of the district to inspect. As of this [...]

1,911 hours of untreated diluted sewage discharged into sea of Folkestone & Hythe District in 2021.

August 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

Hands up who thinks Southern Water are sh*t. That’s unanimous then. In the last ten years Southern Water have been awarded two ratings of good by the Environment [...]

Part 2: Are the Council cooking the books?

August 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

Recently we asked the question: Are Folkestone & Hythe District Council cooking the books? We asked this knowing they do not have the process or procedure within their [...]

Hythe Town Cllrs “couldn’t organize a p*ss up in a brewery”

August 10, 2022 // 4 Comments

“This was totally foreseeable and Hythe Town Cllrs have done nothing to prevent it”, is how one residents sees the recent incursion by Travellers onto the South [...]

Council are acting beyond its powers by giving £16m plus to the two companies it owns

August 8, 2022 // 5 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have acted beyond their powers (ultra vires) by allowing in excess of £16 million to be paid to companies in which they allege they [...]

Do you want £50 quid of your council tax? Here’s how to do it.

August 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

What with a cost of living crisis unfolding before our very eyes; which will get worse in 2023, how would you like a one of £50 reduction on your council tax in the [...]

Council take incompetence to a new level putting lives in serious danager

August 5, 2022 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have taken incompetence to a whole new level. In doing so they’ve placed the lives of women, children and men at significant and [...]

Revealed: More than 500 contracts not on council’s contract register in a blow to transparency

August 4, 2022 // 2 Comments

On the 10 June a whistleblower claimed there was a lack of governance and internal controls within Folkestone & Hythe District Council. They made it clear there was [...]

Are Folkestone & Hythe District Council cooking the books?

August 1, 2022 // 2 Comments

It’s a first, and not one Folkestone & Hythe District Council should be proud of at all. For the first time in the history of our Council, they have failed to [...]

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