Committee System

Folkestone & Hythe District Council to Retain Cabinet System Pending Final Ratification

April 9, 2025 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has received ministerial consent to retain its existing Leader and Cabinet governance structure—reversing a previously agreed plan [...]

“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac,” and Cllr Jim Martin loves it.

February 25, 2025 // 3 Comments

“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power,” said Robert Ingersoll. In May 2023, this adage was put to the test when Cllr Jim Martin was [...]

Council overspend budget on transitioning to committee system by £22,000, so far

January 31, 2025 // 2 Comments

It had a budget of £100,000. However, at the first full council of the year, held on the 29 January 2025, Cllr David Godfrey (Con) made it clear the budget for moving to a [...]

Council vote to move to committee system, with a little help from ice cream

June 23, 2023 // 5 Comments

There is so we are told, no such things as a dumb question. So here’s a question: Who likes Ice cream? We know Cllr Tim Prater (Lib Dem) Deputy Leader and Cabinet [...]

Princes Parade saved, but Council deficit magically increases by £2m.

May 25, 2023 // 21 Comments

Before we begin our report by our public face, who attended the Annual General Meeting of Folkestone & Hythe District Council meeting last night, 24 May 2023, which saw [...]

“Our council is broken at best” says ePetition campaigner

April 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

Almost twenty years after our Council introduced a Cabinet system in the year 2000, – Cllr Tim Prater on the 25th Sept 2019, put forward the following motion for the [...]

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