Is she, or isn’t she?
“The Section 151 Officer is responsible to the Council for ensuring that appropriate advice is given on all financial matters, for keeping proper financial records and [...]
Auditor
Bruising reports remind Council’s Statutory Officers of contract & financial irregularities as a major issue as council face £18.5m deficit
They are without doubt, three remarkable, wise women. Each is able, each is a professional, and each is full of “intent, a clear intent” to instill compliance of [...]
Part 2: Your Rights to Inspect the Council’s Accounts
Following on from Part 1 yesterday, if after inspecting the accounts and asking questions you are concerned about something in the accounts, you may wish to object to the [...]
Unlawful behaviour by our Council further harms their reputation
We have longed stated that the levels of competency of some Council Officers is woefully inadequate. Once again, without any assistance from The Shepway Vox Team, they freely [...]
Part 2: Are the Council cooking the books?
Recently we asked the question: Are Folkestone & Hythe District Council cooking the books? We asked this knowing they do not have the process or procedure within their [...]
£658,771 of contract irregularities on just three contracts
‘Fraud‘ says The local government transparency code 2015 (the Code), ‘can thrive where decisions are not open to scrutiny and details of spending, contracts [...]
Cllrs go missing in action
What a waste! In the last two years there have not been many opportunities for opposition members to land any significant blows on the Tory led coalition at Folkestone & [...]
Council’s auditor Grant Thornton declare P & R contract was NOT value for money
After fourteen months the auditor of Folkestone & Hythe District Council accounts – Grant Thornton (GT) – has finally stated that the former gas contract [...]
East Kent Councils fail to recoup £1.5 million from P & R
Fear, shame, embarrassment: these brakes no longer apply. Senior officers of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet councils have discovered they can bluster [...]
C**k up, Conspiracy or Incompetence?
So is it a cock up, conspiracy or incompetence? We simply do not know, but we’ll let you judge from the evidence we put before you. All the evidence is in the public [...]
Will Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s auditor – Grant Thornton – find the fraud?
Each year every local authority is required by law to make up its accounts and get an auditor to sign off on them. Members of the public have certain rights during the [...]
Pipe down and don’t mention the overcharging and the Billion pound KCC accounts not signed off
A senior member of Shepway Green Party Cllr Martin Whybrow (pictured), a KCC and Hythe Town Councillor has suggested that our public face and the Shepwayvox Team “pipe [...]
Grant Thornton telling lies? You decide.
Grant Thornton is under investigation for it’s audits and earlier this year the Chief Executive of Grant Thornton informed the business, energy and industrial strategy [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Overpayments 17/18
We want to tell you, we really do, but we can’t. It isn’t because we cannot tell you because of some legal reasons, it’s because Folkestone & Hythe [...]
Exit Packaging From The Twilight Zone With KCC’s Dodgy Accounts.
Kent County Council (KCC) have made cuts of £514 million since 2010. This year 17/18 they will make another round of cuts of £76.7. This trend looks set to continue until [...]
The Long Read: The Peoples’ Audit of KCC’s Accounts 16/17
The Shepwayvox team with two independent qualified CIPFA accountants, a retired PWC Auditor and a few lawyers have undertaken a Peoples’ Audit of Kent County [...]