Who is Shepwayvox?
Who is ShepwayVox, well it is . . . No seriously, Shepwayvox is not one person, we are a group of like minded individuals from all walks of life, who wish to hold power to [...]
SDC Cllrs Expenses Investigation
An ongoing investigation into two Cllrs expenses claims is afoot. SDC Cllr Peter Simmons [New Romney] Below and Former SDC Councillor Russell Tillson [Dymchurch] Below are [...]
Council Tax & Bailiffs
The Pony express has just arrived. It brings gifts from my two trusted elfs who undertook their arduous tasks at the Council Chamber last night[30/09/15] with courage and [...]
Terms and Conditions: Who reads them?
I’ve been reading online small print so you don’t have to – but you need to know how much information you’re giving away. We live in a time of terms and [...]
Facebook & What it Collects about YOU.
The standard stuff you provide them… Name City of birth City of residence Phone Email Current employment Previous employment Relationship Anniversary Previous relationships [...]
Shepway Bonds, a Good Idea?
There are no legal constraints on local authorities raising bonds, but it has not been encouraged by governments since the 1980s. However this changed when an important [...]
One Small Step…
On the 29/07/15 Shepwayvox blogged the following post ICO. Finally ALL Cllrs have now registered on the 15/09/15 some seven weeks later. [Better late than never] This is [...]
Facebook right or Wrong 2
In August I wrote a blog about Cllr Susie Govett [UKIP New Romney] using Facebook as a forum for her Constituency Surgery see: Cllr Susie Govett We know that Facebook are [...]
The Joy of Being a Councillor
or The Long Slow Death of Accountability Under the Localism Act, there is no longer a requirement for members to declare gifts and hospitality and no legal requirement for [...]
Folkestone Parks And Pleasure Grounds Charity
Folkestone Parks And Pleasure Grounds Charity registration charity number 1006288 findable here: Folkestone Parks & Pleasure Grounds Charity also Folkestone Parks & [...]
Offshore Ownership in Shepway
LAND including Bouverie Place Shopping Centre the Saga Buildings and the former site of Silver Spring are owned by companies based in offshore tax havens it can be revealed. [...]
SDC’s Fiduciary Duty
SDC employ Stanford and Green and Equita as their bailiffs [enforcement agents] for non-payment of Council Tax. It would appear after seeing quite a few emails sent by [...]
Court fines and council tax are most common problem debt in UK
Magistrates’ fines and council tax bills are driving increasing numbers of people into problem debt, an advice charity said on Tuesday, as low wages and the increased cost [...]
Debt misery is not chance: it is by Tory design
It is not very often that ShepwayVox will stray into national politics, but this could not go unreported. As several national newspaper noted on or after the [...]
Hypocrisy?
If a councillor is in arrears with their Council Tax payments is it a purely personal matter or something of wider public interest? The Government believe it should be the [...]
Penetrative Testing
Once SDC Cllrs have signed up to the Data Register their next legislative requirement is to be penetrated by their processor; SDC IT staff. Their computers must [...]
Transparency And Accountability
The Government’s desire to place more power into citizens’ hands to increase democratic accountability and make it easier for local people to contribute to the local [...]
Information to be published annually by SDC
There is Data that SDC must publish annually, so this piece will not be a short piece. What is this data local authority land grants to voluntary, community and social [...]
SDC Employees and their Pensions
The Times has reported this morning [01/09/15] (paywall) that: The legal cornerstone underpinning the entire edifice of bank accounting is defective, according to a QC’s [...]
Do they or Don’t they?
I paid SDC for their contracts register when the books were open. This is what they gave me. It is exactly the same as you can find in a previous blog entitled SDC Contracts [...]
Stop the Knock
In 2014/15, Shepway District Council instructed bailiffs to collect debts from individuals and businesses on 3647 occasions – up 141% in two years. The number of debts [...]
SDC Legal
Legal Cases are usually not spoken about by our Council or many other Councils up and down the land. I did an FOI to Shepway about ALL legal cases but received back only [...]
Facebook Right or Wrong?
It has come to my attention that Cllr Susie Govett UKIP New Romney has held a constituency surgery by using Facebook. See below. Shepwayvox contacted the ICO and were [...]
Anomalies in SDC Accounts Part 2
Cllr Russell Tillson (pictured below) was formerly an elected Shepway District Council Cllr for Dymchurch. He lost his seat in the recent elections of May 2015. Former Cllr [...]
SDC Cllr Allowances
Below are the allowances received by SDC Councillors for the year April 1st 2014 to March 31st 2015. The sum total claimed by ALL councillors was £335,370.37 see SDC Cllr [...]