Bullying

Part 1: Lyminge Parish Council: A Serving Councillor on Bullying, Clerk-Bashing and a Toxic Breakdown in Governance

December 11, 2025 // 5 Comments

As a parish councillor with no family ties to the current (on-maternity leave) Parish Clerk, I have watched the behaviour of some of my colleagues on Lyminge Parish Council [...]

Council temporary staff costs rise to £1.6m and sets new all-time record

May 12, 2023 // 1 Comment

It’s a new record and by some margin. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £1,664,639 on temporary staff between April 22 and Mar 23. We predicted back in [...]

Learning from mistakes

April 6, 2021 // 5 Comments

We the Shepway Vox Team get it wrong sometimes. When we do we like to be open about our mistakes, and if necessary apologise. This is one of those ocassions where we need to [...]

Oh what a tangled web we weave…

February 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

When the Shepway Vox Team were chasing down the figures for Hospital Acquired Covid via an Environmental Information Request, three of the four Kent Acute NHS Trusts supplied [...]

Unhealthy work environments

March 27, 2019 // 6 Comments

Although anxiety, depression and work-related stress can be connected, they are different things. It is important to recognize that anxiety and depression are clinical health [...]

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