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Council to pay £47,500 to replace all non-fire compliant doors in Ross House

June 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

After two years and two months Folkestone & Hythe District Council have begun replacing all the non-fire compliant doors in Ross House, which houses 43 residents in [...]

If we love our NHS so much in Kent & Medway, why have we sued it for more than £200 million?

June 13, 2020 // 2 Comments

Many of you throughout the covid-19 pandemic gathered in your streets, on your doorsteps, in your gardens, to pay tribute to the brave workers of the NHS, by clapping, and [...]

Updated ONS deaths attributed to covid-19 in Folkestone & Hythe District and the rest of the Country

June 12, 2020 // 2 Comments

The Office of National Statistics have update their map show places of death due to covid-19. It maps as low as ward level and can be searched by using your postcode. The [...]

The UK Economy Has Fallen of a Cliff.

June 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s not been the best kept secret that the UK growth figures for April would be a worse than the rocky horror show. What with the national economy closed due to Covid-19 [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Cllr Jim Martin “Shocked” Council appoint Tibbalds using a waiver for phase 1 of the Otterpool Park, at a cost of £120,000.

June 11, 2020 // 3 Comments

At a behind closed doors meeting of the Otterpool Working Group in April, an officer of the Council let slip that Tibbalds had been appointed as consultants to prepare [...]

“It’s nothing short of scandalous” as 40,000 plus EKH council tenants data placed at “significant security and operational risk”

June 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

“The servers that the [East Kent Housing] system runs on are due for replacement and the Northgate software is out of support. This poses a significant security and [...]

Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 22 (29/05/20)

June 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

NB: All deaths are by local authority and by cause of death, for deaths that occurred up to 29th May but were registered up to 6th June in England and Wales. They are [...]

The Fog Of War: A Reason Why Daily NHS England Covid-19 Figures Differ From The Weekly ONS Figures

June 9, 2020 // 1 Comment

The ONS figures (England & Wales only), which are at least a week behind the daily NHS figures for the whole of the UK have been 10,000 or so higher than the NHS figures [...]

Part 2: Crusade Building Services Ltd in Safehands?

June 8, 2020 // 6 Comments

Crusade Building Services Ltd (CBS) lost their CheckaTrade and Trading Standards approval in 2018/2019 due to many complaints of poor practice and breaches of planning and [...]

Lions led by donkeys – the death throes of East Kent Housing

June 7, 2020 // 5 Comments

This is a guest post from several members of staff from East Kent Housing Strange though it sounds, the lock-down couldn’t have come at a better time for the shambolic [...]

Knock, knock: bailiffs at the door is no joke

June 6, 2020 // 5 Comments

In yet another twist in the tortured tale of Michael Stainer’s activities, bailiffs turned up at the Grand on Thursday 4th June. They were looking for the “owners” or [...]

Folkestone Seafront Development Causes Yet More Controversy

June 6, 2020 // 1 Comment

Sir Roger De Haan’s Folkestone Seafront Development has over the years caused a lot of controversy. Cllrs were refused sight of the legal advice the Council had [...]

The Puppet Master Exposed…

June 5, 2020 // 4 Comments

When Michael Stainer “illegally” removed Henry Bolton in November 2018, as the new director of his various companies, and replaced him with “Robert Moss’, little did [...]

Record Breakers: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Break Two Records in One Day

June 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s getting to be a habit with Folkestone & Hythe District Council breaking records. – 1; – 2; – 3 For the seventeenth (17th) year in a row, [...]

Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 21 (22/05/20)

June 2, 2020 // 1 Comment

NB: All deaths are by local authority and by cause of death, for deaths that occurred up to 22nd May but were registered up to 30th May in England and Wales. They are [...]

Foreign Criminal Organisation Perpetrate Ransomware attack on £600m Kent County Council owned company

June 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

Following on from our first report on the ransomware attack 12 days ago, a Kent County Council (KCC) spokesperson has revealed to the Shepwayvox Team that it was: “A [...]

East Kent Housing “run on servers and software which are NOT compliant with the most basic data safety standards”

May 31, 2020 // 1 Comment

“As I understand it East Kent Housing (EKH) is being run from an unsupported two versions owned, obsolete version of Northgate software which is hosted on servers which [...]

FHDC staff mileage allowances may be reduced after six years and four reviews.

May 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

For many of you claiming mileage for using your car/van for work will be paid at 0.45p for the first 10,000 business miles in a year and then 25p per mile thereafter. This [...]

Misinformation by Kentonline Editor

May 29, 2020 // 1 Comment

On Tuesday we brought you the article the blog Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 20 (15/05/20) One of the graphs – Recorded deaths in Kent care homes says that [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council Refuse Cllrs to See the Legal Advice on Otterpool Delivery Vehicle.

May 28, 2020 // 3 Comments

In our last post about Otterpool Park we spoke about the development vehicle – Otterpool Park Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and its set up. It’s clear that [...]

Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 20 (15/05/20)

May 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

NB: All deaths are by local authority and by cause of death, for deaths that occurred up to 15th May but were registered up to 23rd May in England and Wales. They are [...]

Otterpool Park Update

May 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

Tomorrow the Cabinet will meet to discuss report Report Number C/20/02 -which makes recommendations about the Otterpool Park Delivery Vehicle, how it will be structured and [...]

Changes afoot to Overview & Scrutiny are decided behind closed doors continuing the lack of Openness & Transparency.

May 24, 2020 // 2 Comments

We have long said the effectiveness of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee (O&S) has been unacceptable and that it has been the lion which never roared. It has been a [...]

£600 Million Pound Company Wholly Owned By Kent County Council Suffers Ransomware Attack

May 22, 2020 // 1 Comment

Updated -23rd May 14.45 On the 2nd April at 1:30am Kent Commercial Services, wholly owned by Kent County Council suffered a ransomware attack and took down their website. The [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Continue to Spray Toxic Glyphosate Weedkiller in District Play Areas

May 21, 2020 // 7 Comments

Glyphosate was originally patented as a chemical pipe cleaner in 1964. In 1969 it was patented as a herbicide. Glyphosate is poison. That’s the first thing to understand [...]

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