Council Tax – ShepwayVox Dissent is not a Crime

Inheritance, not work, will become the main route for home ownership in our district

November 12, 2020 // 1 Comment

In early January 2018, LUC published the Proposed Submission Sustainability Appraisal Report – Non-Technical Summary – for Folkestone & Hythe District Council. At [...]

23% or Nearly One In Four Households claiming Council Tax Reduction

August 16, 2020 // 2 Comments

Nearly one in four households are claiming Council Tax Reduction in the Folkestone & Hythe District, as of June 2020. Council Tax Reduction provides help for people on [...]

£40,000 Pay Rise For Failing Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council

July 15, 2020 // 5 Comments

She says she understands the importance of transparency and is able to discharge responsibilities to the highest standards of probity. Dr Susan Priest, the Chief Executive of [...]

Record Breakers: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Break Two Records in One Day

June 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

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, [...]

More missing flats – another mystery at the Grand

May 9, 2020 // 2 Comments

At a time when our local council is haemorrhaging cash at an alarming rate, and revenues have plummeted, the income from business and domestic rates is vital to maintain [...]

Council Tax Set to Rise By £74 On Band D Property

February 18, 2020 // 1 Comment

Tomorrow (19/02/20), Folkestone & Hythe District Council will set its Council tax rate for 2020/21. It will come as no surprise to many of you that Council tax will rise. [...]

Locked Out – Housing benefit freeze is making and keeping people homeless

October 4, 2019 // 3 Comments

Families on housing benefit are priced out of almost all homes to rent in districts across Kent, according to new research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, in [...]

242 Homeless Households Moved Out Of Our Communities In Thirty Months.

September 28, 2019 // 3 Comments

More than 240 households have been sent away from the Folkestone & Hythe District and placed into temporary accommodation elsewhere in the last thirty months, as there [...]

East Kent Housing: Major failings and historic mismanagement rewarded with £110,000 a year

September 9, 2019 // 4 Comments

Appendix 3: Audit report for East Kent Housing (EKH) – tenant health and safety is a restricted document, as such it will not be available for the public to see, nor EKH [...]

The Long Read: Is £10 an hour too much to ask?

September 1, 2019 // 2 Comments

On the 24th July the full council resolved and approved the following amended Labour motion put by Cllr Connor McConville (pictured), Leader of the Labour Group at district [...]

Is Cllr David Wimble committing fraud?

July 18, 2019 // 2 Comments

According to the vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cllr David Wimble, Cabinet Member for the District Economy (pictured) who represents [...]

Cllr David Wimble Council Tax Arrears

June 20, 2019 // 1 Comment

Exclusive The Shepwayvox Team can exclusively reveal that Cllr David Wimble (Ind) (pictured) Cabinet Member for the District Economy, responsible for Economic development, [...]

Local Elections May 2nd – Use your vote wisely

April 21, 2019 // 3 Comments

Tory led Folkestone & Hythe District Council have had the highest Council tax in Kent for the last sixteen years. This means we pay more for our services than anyone else [...]

How much do you love our district?

April 17, 2019 // 4 Comments

Rates (read Council Tax) and rats, health and housing, parks and public toilets are all controlled by Folkestone & Hythe District Council. In addition to these areas the [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council: Council Tax rates and Japanese owned bailiffs.

March 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

Council Tax Bills are currently being sent out to every household in the district by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, liable for Council Tax. Your Council Tax is made [...]

Folkestone & Hythe DC: Highest council tax rates in Kent since 2004/05

March 12, 2019 // 2 Comments

Since 2004/05 Folkestone & Hythe District Council have had the highest Council tax rates (page 4 Table 2 or see chart below) in the whole of Kent. That’s sixteen [...]

Court costs and debt creation.

July 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

If you fail to pay your Council Tax – for whatever reason – within the permitted time, Folkestone & Hythe District Council will send you a reminder. If you [...]

Price tag

February 23, 2018 // 6 Comments

Between 50 and 60 jobs will be axed at Shepway District Council. The redundancy forecast costs are £2.3 million according to SDC’s, Future Operating Model [...]

Money, Money, Money

December 27, 2017 // 2 Comments

I work all night I work all day to pay the bills I have to pay, ain’t it sad And still there never seems to be, a single penny left for me, that’s too bad; so say [...]

Rough Sleepers, B & B Costs and that lie by Cllr David Monk.

December 22, 2017 // 1 Comment

So it’s a record Shepway District Council should not be proud of. The number of rough sleepers has hit their highest levels ever in the district. This was announced at [...]

Damian Collins MP Expenses 2016/17

November 27, 2017 // 6 Comments

Since May 2010 – to March 31st 2017, Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone & Hythe has cost the public purse £1,144,586 according to IPSA. The average amount he has [...]

The Grand Inferno

November 16, 2017 // 1 Comment

Forgive the classical allusion but Dante might be the name that will be taking up a lot of Michael Stainer’s time over the coming months. But he won’t be studying [...]

Business Rates & Council Tax Issues In Shepway

May 3, 2017 // 2 Comments

When the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust (RDHCT) and the Creative Foundation (CF) have problems paying their Council Tax, then you know something is wrong (it was [...]

Sort It Out.

February 10, 2017 // 2 Comments

UPDATE: The Car has now been MOT’d, but still no tax showing according to DVLA Ex Conservative Shepway District Councillor David Wimble (pictured), editor and sole [...]

Council Tax Is A System of Debt Creation

January 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

This is a guest post by Alan Murdie, LL.B, Barrister, editor, CPAG Council Tax Handbook Director, Council Tax Legal Services and Chairman of Nucleus Legal Advice [...]

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