Is This Man Value for Money?
Is our MP Damian Collins – value for money. He is Kent’s most expensive MP Damian lives approximately 80 miles from London. We know that like many others across [...]
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Damian Collins MP& His Council Tax
It is that time of year when your Parish, Town, District and County Council’s turn their minds to setting the Council Tax amount we will pay for 17/18. Council Tax debt [...]
Revealed: Kent’s Police and Mass Mobile Phone Surveillance
Evidence points to Kent Police and other police forces having bought devices that can spy on thousands of phones at a time. CCDC is for Covert Communications Data [...]
SDC’s Otterpool Park Collaboration Board
We know that SDC set up a Collaboration board after they entered into an initial collaboration agreement [...]
Thank You for Your Company Throughout 2016.
Over the last year we have had some major scoops. Revealing that SDC had bought the Otterpool Farm land for £5.2 million in the post The Cat Is Out Of The Bag on Jan 8th [...]
Wound Up By the Tax Man
The Grand Folkestone Ltd, whose sole Director was Mr Michael Stainer and the Company Secretary was his wife, has been wound up by HMRC. We cannot say if this is related to [...]
Is Democracy Dead in Shepway?
If Shepway District Council have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear. It appears though SDC are now hiding the questions put by the public to them at full council on [...]
Delusional Tories in a Rotten Borough, you decide.
Recently at a meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny Committe, Cllr Mary Lawes (UKIP) (pictured) called the Tory led chamber ‘Delusional’ on three occasions. [...]
DILEMMA Pt 2 (Oh the Irony)
Our public face dutifully trundled along to the Planning & Licensing Committee last night to watch how councillors would vote on Y16/1003/SH. They did not disappoint and [...]
DILEMMA
Tonight at the Planning & Licensing Committee, Cllrs have to discuss and possibly make a decision on Planning Application Y16/1003/SH and it is not as straightforward [...]
Talking Turkey (Part 2)
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Talking Turkeys (Part 1)
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas Cos’ turkeys just wanna hav fun Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked An every turkey has a Mum. Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas, [...]
London Ashford Airport (Lydd), the British Virgin Islands and a bit of Philanthropy
Sheikh Fahad Mohammed Saleh Al Athel (pictured) is according to ArabianBusiness.com the ninth most powerful Saudi in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Sheikh’s FAL [...]
Land Scam Elvington Lane Hawkinge.
A Land banking scam has taken place at Elvington Lane, Hawkinge, Kent .Mr Barry Paul Osborn & Kay Elizabeth Osborn were directors in England & S.V.I Partnership [...]
“Kent Crime Commissioner urged to speed up delayed Police investigation into suspected bribes accepted by SDC Councillors”
On Monday 5th December Lydd Airport Action Group released a press statement calling for the Kent Crime Commissioner –Matthew Richard Scott (pictured) to speed up a [...]
Houston We Have a Problem.
‘Houston we have a problem’ is a phrase which is up there with the best of them. So what is the problem? At the end of Oct we brought you a blog post [...]
Hidden Facts about Otterpool Park
Today marks the beginning of Shepway District Council’s (SDC) consultation about the Otterpool Park Development. At Sellindge Sports & Social Club between 2pm [...]
Councillors – rights of access to information
Our Councillors have the right to access information held by the Shepway District Council (SDC). The powers that enable them are S.100F LGA 1972 and the Local Authorities [...]
The Figures Don’t Stack Up
Kent County Council population growth figures for Shepway will rise by 8.3% (Figures below are taken from KCC Area Figures) Total 0-15 16-64 65+ 2011 108,200 19,200 [...]
£1.5 Million & Rising.
Tomorrow, 3rd Dec at 10.30am demonstrators will be gathering at the Civic Centre to object to the development of Otterpool New Town, the disneyland size lorry [...]
Shepway care workers paid less than minimum wage.
Peter & Jane (not their real names) are care workers in Shepway who like many, many others across the district who work in the social care industry face many obstacles [...]
What’s the Answer?
Council housing in Shepway & across the country facing a serious funding crisis. Government policies since 2010 are responsible for a significant decline in the income [...]
Cheating and bullying at the Grand!
We can’t keep Folkestone’s most iconic iconic buildings out of the news. Why should we? Speaking truth unto power is good, speaking up for the powerless is even better! [...]
Damian Collins MP Expenses 2010/11 – 2015/16
Damian Collins (left) our beloved MP is as you may or may not know the most expensive MP in Kent according to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) [...]
MP’s Expenses Rise 60% Over Six Years.
There isn’t a duck house or a moat cleaning company in sight when you look at our MP’s expenses, which kind of makes you think they might have learnt a thing or [...]