Tool thefts in Kent have lasting financial and mental health impacts on Tradespeople.
“Insurance claims are limited, as it happens very frequently and the old bill simply aren’t bothered”, says Andrew who had his van and his tools robbed [...]
October 2022
Holidays in the sun and unpaid road tax by the Council
In Oct 1977, Holidays in the Sun was released by the Sex Pistols. It could be seen as an unofficial anthem for some Council Officers, as some of them have, according to [...]
Cost of Living Crisis: Kent Residents Will Face Tough Times Ahead
The Cost of Living crisis is affecting many residents across Kent, so much so that it is frightening the sh*t of out some residents, as there purses and wallets do not have [...]
Princes Parade: Council recommend pausing current spending on project.
The Council have announced that a revised budget for Princes Parade in the order of some £47 to 49m is needed to deliver the project (£45.3m + £1.4m + 3% to 5% [...]
Education will help the cumulative impact of sewage pollution
Water laps at 26 miles of our wonderful districts coastline, and along the banks of the two main rivers which flow through the district, the East Stour and the Nailbourne. It [...]
Inflation & Interest Rates have profound knock on effects to Princes Parade & Otterpool Park
For anybody who has been living on another planet, it is clear the recent events at national level have had a major impact on the lives of individuals, companies and local [...]
‘Gizza job – I can do that!’
Readers of a certain (ahem) vintage will be familiar with the title of this piece, going way back to the 1982 TV series ‘Boys from the Black Stuff’. It was the hopeless [...]
Temporary staff costs set to break million pound barrier for third time in 5 years
She has a PhD from St Catherine’s College Cambridge. The PhD she received was for a study of the effectiveness of government policy to stimulate small and medium enterprise [...]
Yet More Contract Irregularities at Folkestone & Hythe District Council
Once again, there are issues with Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Contracts Register (17/10/22) (Quelle surprise). The Council’s Constitution at Part 10 [...]
Mill Leese Saltwood – EA looking to reduce tree canopy coverage
For those of you who unaware, in 2020, it was reported in the KCC Canopy-cover-report that Folkestone and Hythe has the second lowest tree canopy coverage at around 8% of its [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Hidden Agenda’s and Fair Value
Ever since the first piece of land was purchased by the Council at Otterpool, in Dec 2015, for £5m from the Champney Brothers, the fair value of the land has risen by 540%, [...]
Stodmarsh Update: “There is no prospect of the nutrients disappearing in the next 5-year period”
“For the foresseable future, it looks like nutrient neutrality is here to stay. There is no prospect of the nutrients disappearing in the next 5-year period” [...]
Cost of Living Crisis – Yet more locals to become migrants due to being priced out of the local rental market.
A Bureau of Investigative Journalism analysis of 648 rental properties across eight districts of Kent shows 99% of those advertised over a single month (July 2022) were [...]
Is Operation Brock “illegal”?
Updated 06.10.22 @18:08 Again and again and again. The issue of traffic jams blocking up the M20 and local roads has gone on for more than two decades, and regardless of who [...]
Holidays & Hypocrisy
On the 1 August 2022, the public were supposed to have been allowed to inspect Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s accounts, as per s26 of the Local Audit & [...]
Three Areas of Kent put forward as potential locations for Govt Investment Zones
On the 23rd Sept 2022, Kwasi Kwarteng, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the concept of Investment Zones. 38 areas have been identified as potentially Investment [...]
More Financial Irregularities at the Council
It took two hours and four minutes before Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Green) Cabinet Member for the Environment pointed out that the s151 Officer, – Charlotte Spendley [...]