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Otterpool Park Update: Council release map and cashflow model for Phase 1 of project

July 25, 2022 // 6 Comments

Otterpool Park, the controversial development where Folkestone & Hythe District Council, via its company, Otterpool Park LLP, wish to build up to 10,000 homes, across a [...]

More shenanigans at The Grand

July 23, 2022 // 2 Comments

Two wrongs do make a right so they say. Now Michael Stainer is safely ensconced in one of Her Majesty’s Prison’s, as he was found guilty of two counts of cheating [...]

One in three calls go unanswered and Information requests haven’t met targets for last five years

July 21, 2022 // 3 Comments

Yesterday at Cabinet, Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Green) & Cllr Tim Prater (Lib Dem) both raised the issue around the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of the council not [...]

Cllr Monk alone approved David Wimble’s £19,000 High Street Fund application

July 19, 2022 // 7 Comments

On the 22 June and July 6 2022, we wrote about Mr David Wimble’s application, as proprietor and owner of the Looker Magazine, to the High Street Fund for nearly [...]

Six weeks on where’s the eight years of council procurement card data?

July 18, 2022 // 2 Comments

Back in March of this year, Internal Audit in it’s quarterly report (see page 8) made it clear there were twenty four active procurement cards [read credit card] issued [...]

Leas Pavillion crumbles, while money for development flows in from offshore company

July 17, 2022 // 2 Comments

As parts of the Leas Pavillion, Folkestone, begin to crumble unexpectedly, the developer, Olivier Georges Jacques Daelemans, is lucky that work is under way to protect and [...]

Child Poverty Across Kent. It’s not all doom and gloom

July 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

New figures released on July 12 by End Child Poverty show that eight districts across Kent have seen a decrease in child poverty – 0-15 year olds – and four [...]

Some questions for the Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council, Dr Susan Julia Priest.

July 11, 2022 // 3 Comments

Dr Susan Julia Priest (pictured) is the Chief Executive & Head of Paid Service of Folkestone & Hythe District Council. She arrived at our council in 2013 and was [...]

Data matching shows £7.2m of likely council procurement fraud over four years to family or friends

July 9, 2022 // 4 Comments

Recently while the sun was shining, and the birds were singing – well not on Princes Parade – Folkestone & Hythe District Council took the decision to suspend [...]

Michael Stainer sentenced to three years

July 7, 2022 // 9 Comments

Updated 07.07.22 @16:00 Today at Southwark Crown Court, July 7th 2022, sentencing of the disgraced ex-chartered accountant, Michael Stainer (pictured below) has taken place, [...]

The Looker’s £19,000 High Street Fund application to be heard by Overview & Scrutiny on the 13 July

July 6, 2022 // 4 Comments

On the 22nd June we ran the post: Wimble’s Looker Magazine, applies for £19,000 from Council’s High Street Fund Since then things have moved on at pace. The amount [...]

Part 3 – Census data for Folkestone & Hythe District

July 4, 2022 // 2 Comments

The census data shows the over 65+ population in the Folkestone & Hythe district has gone from from one in five in 2011, to one in four in 2021, and by 2028, this will [...]

Part 2: Census Population Data – Kent Districts 2011 – 2021

July 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

The new census data underlies what statisticians, economists, politicians and most of the population have known for years: that Britain is ageing. The same is true in Kent. [...]

Princes Parade: Council confirm no contract with Sunningdale House Developments Ltd

July 1, 2022 // 3 Comments

Cllr Lesley Whybrow, Cabinet member for the Environment at Folkestone & Hythe District Council has confirmed that Sunningdale House Developments Ltd (SHDL) do NOT have a [...]

Princes Parade: Sunningdale House Developments filleted accounts

June 30, 2022 // 5 Comments

Princes Parade situated in Hythe, Kent, is a site of 7.4 hectares (18 acres) on this land, Folkestone & Hythe District Council wish to build a Leisure Centre and 150 [...]

Four council Officers suspended due to financial and contractual irregularities.

June 29, 2022 // 6 Comments

Exclusive: The Shepway Vox Team can announce that four council officers at Folkestone & Hythe District Council have been suspended due to contract and financial [...]

Census Population Data Kent Districts 2011 – 2021

June 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

Yesterday 28.06.22, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) released the Census data for 2021. This was a snapshot of the UK population and other information recorded by [...]

Alastair Clifford suspended from Folkestone & Hythe District Council

June 27, 2022 // 1 Comment

Updated 28.06.22 @19:00 Breaking News: Alastair Clifford (pictured), Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Chief Officer for operations, has been suspended today [...]

Princes Parade: Sunningdale House Developments has ‘acquired’ Princes Parade & Hythe Pool site

June 25, 2022 // 5 Comments

David Richard Pownceby (pictured) has held or holds directorships in 97 companies. Companies House shows that he is, or has resided in 68 companies as a director, person of [...]

Cllrs need to step up their game understanding council finances.

June 24, 2022 // 1 Comment

In the 10 years Folkestone & Hythe District Council have been publishing their spend data, £179m or 48% of the spend has been on premises related expenditure, as the [...]

Wimble’s Looker Magazine, applies for £19,000 from Council’s High Street Fund

June 22, 2022 // 3 Comments

Cllr David Wimble (Ind) (pictured) is never a man far away from controversy or fake news. Just recently we informed you he’d made a complaint about Fred Miller of [...]

Temporary staff costs rise 28% in four years under Dr Susan Priest’s leadership

June 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

On the 1st April 2018, Dr Susan Julia Priest (pictured), became the first woman to be the Head of Paid Services (HoPS) of Folkestone & Hythe District Council. She took [...]

Another financial irregularity at the council

June 19, 2022 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s constitution describes how they operate, makes sure they perform well, and are transparent. The constitution is the [...]

Otterpool Park Update: £5m on more land.

June 17, 2022 // 1 Comment

It’s official, with an extra five million on land acquisitions and the final overall fee paid to the masterplanner Arcadis, the costs of Otterpool Park, where the [...]

Grenfell Tower: In Memory of the 72 who lost their lives

June 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

Five years ago today, 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower disaster because elected Cllrs, Kensington & Chelsea Council and its arms length, Tenant Management [...]

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