Council whistleblower vindicated over contract irregularities
In a guest post back in June 2022, a Council Officer whistleblower claimed there was a lack of governance and internal controls within Folkestone & Hythe District [...]
Dr Susan Julia Priest
Some questions for the Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council, Dr Susan Julia Priest.
Dr Susan Julia Priest (pictured) is the Chief Executive & Head of Paid Service of Folkestone & Hythe District Council. She arrived at our council in 2013 and was [...]
Temporary staff costs rise 28% in four years under Dr Susan Priest’s leadership
On the 1st April 2018, Dr Susan Julia Priest (pictured), became the first woman to be the Head of Paid Services (HoPS) of Folkestone & Hythe District Council. She took [...]
Who are you?
Updated 10.04.22 @16:20 Faceless and nameless they are. We don’t know what position they held at Folkestone & Hythe District Council, but we do know that in [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council paid Russian gas giant on day war begun with Ukraine
The war began on Thursday 24th Feb, 2022. It has been 41 days since Russian forces swept across the border into the Ukraine, causing millions to flee their homes and their [...]
Council short changed town and parish councils & ignore due process and pay policy
“She’s a fcuking menace” is how one senior council officer described the Chief Executive of Folkestone & Hythe District Council, Dr Susan Priest [...]
Dr Susan Priest Chief Exec of FHDC fails to land top KCC job
Dr Susan Priest became Head of Paid Service of Folkestone & Hythe District Council as of April 1st 2018, beating the s151 officer Tim Madden to the job. She later [...]
Senior Council Officers and Cllrs rewarded handsomely for losing public purse tens of thousands of pounds
Between them they have lost the public purse tens of thousands of pounds and failed to keep the publication scheme up to date. The publication scheme aims to make the maximum [...]
Folkestone Seafront Development gets curiouser and curiouser says Alice
Updated 05/02/21 07:10am Here’s a curious thing. The reserved matters planning application for the first building (Plot B) of the Folkestone Seafront Development [...]
Council fail to declare they were to buy 37 properties on Royal Victoria Hospital site owned by Leo Griggs
Updated 11.35am 9/09/2020 So it’s just as we said way back on Nov 28th 2018: We also understand from well placed council sources, the Council’s company Oportunitas [...]
Restricted: Job Applications for the Head of Paid Service of Folkestone & Hythe District Council
On April 1st 2018, Dr Susan Julia Priest became the Head of Paid Service (HoPs). Being elevated to top job in the Council brought her an extra £10,000 on top of her previous [...]