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Our sole motive is to inform the residents of Shepway - and beyond -as to that which is done in their name. email: shepwayvox@riseup.net

A Balls Up and Doorstep Comments on the Forthcoming Coming County Election.

March 16, 2017 // 11 Comments

A major balls up by the local Folkestone and Hythe Conservative association took place last Friday [10/03/17] at the Grand. The Guest of Honour Lord Howard of Lympne [...]

Kent County Council Councillors Cost Over £6.5 million in Four Years.

March 12, 2017 // 5 Comments

In the next few weeks you will no doubt receive endless Kent County Council election leaflets from all the Political Parties. 81 Councillors will be elected across 72 [...]

No Silver Bullet. A Time to Choose a New Route?

March 5, 2017 // 1 Comment

In Shepway, like in other areas, the male/ female ratio changes with age. On the whole, there are more males compared to females in the younger age groups, but as age [...]

Abuse of Power by Shepway District Council. You decide.

March 3, 2017 // 2 Comments

On Tuesday March 7th Shepway District Council’s elected Cabinet will convene to discuss Otterpool Park behind closed doors. We believe that SDC are acting beyond [...]

All Kent Councils Parking Surpluses & What Can Be Done With Them.

February 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

Shepway District Council(SDC) parking surplus for April 1st 2011 & 31st March 2016 is £1.547,000 according to the Department of Communities & Local Government (DCLG) [...]

SDC pay £1.5 Million to a Convicted Criminal for 10 Acres of Land.

February 25, 2017 // 5 Comments

Adrian Kirby (Pictured) a former UK waste disposal operator and onetime member of the prestigious Guards Polo Club who illegally conspired to spy on his environmental [...]

All For The Sake of Profit

February 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

“We do not play politics with pensions” said Cllr Susan Carey (pictured) at full council on Wednesday 22nd February. Cllr Carey was responding to a question put [...]

SDC Made £2.6 million in Six Years from Parking Charge Notices.

February 22, 2017 // 1 Comment

Have you ever got a parking charge notice (PCN) (pictured)? Have you paid it within the week and got the 50% discount? Have you fought it and won or lost? Our Public face has [...]

Shepway GPs “seeing too many patients a day to be safe.”

February 19, 2017 // 2 Comments

The Shepwayvox team spoke to three GPs from across the district and each of them said they and their colleagues were already “”seeing too many patients a day to [...]

Super Council Could Have £1 Billion Super Debt.

February 17, 2017 // 3 Comments

According to Kent Bloggers, the Shepwayvox Team and former Green Party Thanet Councillor turned blogger Ian Driver, plans to create an East Kent super council, consisting [...]

” Probably Carcinogenic to Humans.”

February 16, 2017 // 1 Comment

The World Health Organisation says it probably causes cancer in humans. It has been banned outright in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, [...]

Council Pays Tax Dodgers Thousands

February 12, 2017 // 2 Comments

Shepway District Council (SDC) continue to use HR Go a temporary staff recruitment agency based in West Terrace (pictured); which is alleged by The Guardian to be involved, [...]

Sort It Out.

February 10, 2017 // 2 Comments

UPDATE: The Car has now been MOT’d, but still no tax showing according to DVLA Ex Conservative Shepway District Councillor David Wimble (pictured), editor and sole [...]

Japanese Knotweed & Princes Parade

February 6, 2017 // 3 Comments

Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) (pictured) is one of the most invasive species in the world. Japanese Knotweed is a real thug as it spreads rapidly. The Environment [...]

We Don’t Believe You Any More

February 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

This is an antidote – not a perfect one – to the alternative facts being spun by Shepway District Council about Otterpool Park, The Lorry Park, Princes Parade, [...]

A Referendum, A Super Council & a Whole Load of Debt.

February 3, 2017 // 3 Comments

Shepway District Council (SDC) becoming part of the Super Council, is the most important decision SDC have made since they became a district council in 1974. Therefore we [...]

Developers, Donations & Cllrs Attitudes to the Planning System.

January 30, 2017 // 4 Comments

The Conservative Manifesto contained a headline commitment to “ensure local people have more control over planning” Yet power still rests with central/local government [...]

The Long & Winding Road

January 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Long & Winding Road which leads us to the door of 80 Sidney Street starts in the British Virgin Islands. It starts at this address: Akara Building 24 De Castro [...]

From Panama City to 80 Sidney Street Folkestone.

January 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

Our Journey begins at the headquarters of Mossack Fonsenca (MF), in Panama City, where a little company known as Gentro Group S.A. begun its life on the 7th Sept 2004. When [...]

The Air Which We Breathe.

January 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

In Shepway, (now Folkestone & Hythe District Council) there were 58 deaths due to air pollution in 2010. A total of 565 years were lost. The mean anthropogenic PM2.5 (µg [...]

Where’s The Money?

January 21, 2017 // 1 Comment

Each month Shepway District Council (SDC) publish their payment to supplier data. Below is a graph which shows £28 million of SDC’s spend data for 2015/16. In [...]

Selling the Family Silver

January 19, 2017 // 2 Comments

On the 8th June 2016 the sale of 3-5-shornecliffe-rd (pictured) was completed. Shepway District Council sold the building for £990,000 to Highlife Homes Ltd. 3-5 [...]

Requires Improvement.

January 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

In late Nov 2016 we ran a story about Care Workers in Shepway not receiving the minimum wage. Back in April 2016 Kentonline ran the story “Allied Healthcare Hythe in [...]

The Strange Life of One Company at 80 Sidney Street.

January 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

80 Sidney Street, Folkestone Kent, is an address where over 4300 companies have been registered and/or are registered. One of the companies which started of life at Sidney [...]

Council Tax Is A System of Debt Creation

January 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

This is a guest post by Alan Murdie, LL.B, Barrister, editor, CPAG Council Tax Handbook Director, Council Tax Legal Services and Chairman of Nucleus Legal Advice [...]

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