Record Breakers: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Break Two Records in One Day
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, [...]
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Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 21 (22/05/20)
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 [...]
East Kent Housing “run on servers and software which are NOT compliant with the most basic data safety standards”
“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 [...]
Coronavirus Kent in Five Graphs Week 20 (15/05/20)
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 [...]
Coronavirus Kent In Five Graphs (Week 19)
The latest published figures from the Office of National Statistics for deaths by local authority and cause of death up to 8th May but were registered up to 16th May all show [...]
Coronavirus Kent In Five Graphs
The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics compiled weekly and as such likely to be more accurate of what is truly happening in the county were released today. [...]
Councils in dispute with gas contractor while setting a date to transfer East Kent Housing services to councils
On the 13th December 2019, the four chief execs of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet Councils became the directors of East Kent Housing. The Shepwayvox [...]
Kent Covid -19 deaths compared to non-covid-19 deaths in Kent & England and Wales
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) published their most up to date data yesterday for all deaths due to Covid-19; and all other deaths across all local authorities in [...]
Child Poverty in Kent, Has Risen For Fifth Year In A Row
With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is the continuing growth in [...]
Coronavirus Kent: Domestic abuse help is at hand
While the whole country grapples with the consequences of Covid-19, spare a thought for the huge dangers lurking behind closed doors for victims of domestic abuse and [...]
Kent Councils Sell 1,300 Council Homes Making £120 million
Seven local authorities in Kent have sold more than 1,300 council homes under right to buy (RTB) and made in excess of a £120 million, according to the latest figures [...]
More than 5,300 empty homes in Kent and they’re worth an estimated £1.9bn
The number of empty homes across Kent has risen for the third consecutive year to more than 5,300, the highest level since 2012, according to official figures. The number of [...]
Karma Comes Around For Mark Anderson?
Before he joined East Kent Housing (EKH), Mark Anderson (pictured) former Director of Property, had according to his Linkedin page, seventeen jobs between 1985 and June 2016. [...]
Animal Carcasses, Clinical Waste & Green Waste Amongst the 3.3% Fly Tipping Increase in Kent.
More rubbish than ever is being dumped illegally across Kent. Figures published by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) reveal there has been [...]
Exclusive: Leaked documents show Quinn Super Hospital at Canterbury would cost £127 million
In leaked documents given to our public face on a visit to one of the hospitals run by East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust, they show the cost for the proposed new [...]
COUNCILS TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO DISMISS EAST KENT HOUSING BOARD
The Four Councils who own East Kent Housing, Dover Canterbury, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet have today (12/12/19) dismissed the East Kent Housing Board and taken direct [...]
Part 2: East Kent Councils overcharged £1.5 million by Gas Contractor P & R.
£1,479,000 worth of overcharging by P & R, the contractor who was responsible for the Gas Servicing & Maintenance contract for all four East Kent Council, managed by [...]
Deficits, Transformation, Car Parking and a big thank you
All four East Kent Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in East Kent, Ashford Canterbury & Coastal, South Kent Coast (Folkestone & Dover) and Thanet are in special [...]
Michael Stainer bailed to appear in Canterbury Crown Court
Michael Stainer has been sent for trial to Canterbury Crown Court on a charge of a breach of the Malicious Communications Act 1988, following an email he is alleged to have [...]
The End for Mr Anderson of East Kent Housing
EXCLUSIVE Good journalism they say changes things. It has come to pass that the Director of Property Services at East Kent Housing, Mr Mark Anderson (pictured) has lost his [...]
P & R lose £27 million contract due to overcharging.
EXCLUSIVE The Shepwayvox Team can exclusively reveal that P & R Installation Company Limited five year £27 million pound gas maintenance and installations contract with [...]
Kent County Council Land Part 2: The most popular site in Britain
In mid Jan we brought you the post Kent County Council Land: The most popular site in Britain in which we informed you that Quinn Estates along with Atlas Partners Group [...]
Rough sleeping rises in nearly all Kent districts
Rough sleeping rose in nine out of twelve districts in Kent (not Medway) last year according to official figures released by the Ministry for Housing Communities & Local [...]
Kent & Canterbury Hospital: Atlas Partners Group Ltd
Atlas Partners Group Ltd (APG Ltd) are a company who have made their intentions known regarding the land involved in the Kent & Canterbury Super Hospital and the 2000 [...]
Kent County Council Land: The most popular site in Britain
The land shaded in orange below is owned by Kent County Council. They have owned it since the 19th February 1982. It is situated between the Simon Langton Grammar School for [...]