Council Tax

Further budget cuts at KCC will mean more inflation busting Council Tax increases

August 6, 2021 // 1 Comment

Like night follows day, like sunshine follows rain, the raising of Council Tax bills in Feb 2022 across all Kent district councils is inevitable due to KCC looking to plug a [...]

Ain’t no rest for the wicked

July 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

Many of you already know Folkestone & Hythe District Council have had the highest council tax of all Kent local authorities for the last eighteen years. Council tax is [...]

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 [...]

Shepway Green Party misinformation about Royal Military Canal

March 16, 2021 // 4 Comments

Updated: 17/03/21 @08:40 Charles Dickens put it most aptly when he said “Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted [...]

Liberal Democrats forget they are responsible for residents having Highest Council Tax in Kent

March 3, 2021 // 1 Comment

So on the 24th Feb 2021, Folkestone & Hythe District Council voted to raise the district part of Council Tax by 1.99%. This means band per band our Council has the [...]

Hypocrisy by District and Kent County Cllrs over Council Tax

February 18, 2021 // 3 Comments

For those of you not aware, Council tax debt is the most common debt seen by Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) advisers. The CAB estimated in the first 3 months of Coronavirus, [...]

FHDC look set to have highest Council Tax in Kent for eighteenth year in a row

February 17, 2021 // 2 Comments

On the 24 February 2021, Report A/20/08 will go before Folkestone & Hythe District Council Full Council at 7pm. This report concludes the budget setting process for [...]

15% of all Kent Households claiming Universal Credit

January 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

Another 3,364 people claimed Universal Credit (UC) in Kent in Dec 2020, meaning that nearly 13.11% of the working population aged between 16 – 64 is now unemployed in the [...]

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 [...]

28% of all Households in the district are claiming Council Tax Reduction

August 16, 2020 // 2 Comments

Figures revealed by Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet Member, Tim Prater, make it clear that 28% of chargeable households for Council tax are in receipt of [...]

£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 [...]

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