Learning from mistakes
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 [...]
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Second homeowners exploiting “unethical loophole” to claim £3.5m in virus cash
Throughout the pandemic second homeowners across our district have been able to claim approx £3.5 million in covid grants designed to help small businesses weather the [...]
Part 1: Are Kent County Council Finances in Safe Hands?
Zena Cooke (pictured) is probably a woman you have never heard of. There is no need for you to have ever heard of her. She is Kent County Council’s (KCC) Director of [...]
We Need to Talk About our Cllrs
Folkestone & Hythe District Council has an impact on the lives of residents in the district every day, by providing essential services to those it serves. Its decisions [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council have more than £187,000 in unpaid HGV PCNs, equivalent to ten Council jobs
Folkestone & Hythe District Council have failed to collect £187,763 in unpaid Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for HGVs parked unlawfully across the district in the last [...]
A history of the Romney Wimble sheep companies
One of the new sheep on the block after the local elections, who goes by the name of Romney Wimble Sheep, has the Shepwayvox Team rather concerned. This particular sheep has [...]
How to win friends and influence people
Numpties, numpties, numpties they are all numpties Since the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) were introduced on May 25th 2018, eight and half months ago, the vast [...]
Defending the public interest
The Public Interest needs defending. But who does it need defending from? Folkestone & Hythe District Council and Councillor Russell Tillson, that’s who. In the [...]
A Grand History
Between April 1981 and September 1981 the residents of the Grand made six written requests for a summary of costs for service charges to Michael Stainer (pictured circa [...]
Fixing a hole and saving a million
Folkestone Library is falling into disrepair and the holes need to be fixed to stop the rain from getting in. On Thursday 4th May 2017 David Monk was elected as a Kent County [...]
The Long Read: Horn Street Stench, Part 2
Since we brought you Part 1 of The Horn Street Stench in early October 2018, more details about raw sewage backing up in toilets and baths and [...]
The Long Read: M & R Refurbishments Ltd.
East Kent Housing (EKH), the largest arms length management organisation in the country, recently employed a contractor to undertake external painting of its Council housing [...]
The Long Read: – Our local housing crisis & a potential solution.
Housing and access to housing are probably the single biggest issues in the district. It is also a national issue as well we know. The Cabinet Member responsible for Housing [...]
Council House For Sex
Cllr Brian Copping (pictured) who represents the, East Folkestone Ward on Folkestone Town Council (below) has abused his position as a Councillor and brought the office of [...]
Cllr David “Drury” Monk 2
On the 15th May 2015 Folkestone Town Councillor David Drury Monk (pictured) informs the Monitoring Officer [MO] that he has no home, see Register of interest for David [...]
Cllr David “Drury” Monk
Cllr David “Drury” Monk (pictured) Leader of Shepway District Council lives at 23 Minter Avenue Densole Kent CT18 7DS according to the SDC website. He [...]