Dr Susan Priest

Folkestone & Hythe District Council use 107 procurement contract waivers to bypass normal procurement rules to the value of more than £11 million.

December 16, 2020 // 6 Comments

The latest estimate of contract procurement fraud in local government was £4.4 billion pounds. Between 2016/17 and 2020/21 the Council have issued one hundred and seven [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Priest Under Pressure

October 16, 2020 // 2 Comments

The courts say they must release it. The Information Upper Tier tribunal say they must release it. But still Folkestone & Hythe District Council, led by Dr Susan Priest, [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council issue £6.2 million worth of contracts bypassing normal tendering processes

August 9, 2020 // 9 Comments

£6.2 million pounds worth of contracts in 2019/20 were issued by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, using waivers and citing urgency and expediency. In total, 49 [...]

Do You Trust This Man?

July 30, 2020 // 2 Comments

We recently reported Dr Susan Priest, Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council had received a £40,000 pay rise, in 2019/20. A member of the public asked a [...]

Cllr David Wimble interviewed under caution for alleged electoral violations

July 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

On Monday the 21st Oct, 2019, Cllr David Wimble (Ind) attended Folkestone Police Station where he was interviewed under caution in respect of allegations of committing [...]

Cllr David Wimble Committed Fraud

July 22, 2020 // 7 Comments

Updated: 20:30am 23/07/20 Cllr David Wimble (Ind) (pictured), Cabinet Member for the District Economy for Folkestone & Hythe District Council committed fraud by making [...]

£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 [...]

Otterpool Park Update: It’s Official. Folkestone & Hythe District Council Now Own The Racecourse

July 3, 2020 // 1 Comment

Updated: 26/10/20 @12:40 It’s official. Folkestone & Hythe District Council now own Folkestone racecourse, according to the land registry. The deal has taken close [...]

Every Breath We Take

June 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

Updated: 10:15 am 26/06/20 Air pollution does NOT discriminate. We all need to breathe. All lives matter. Nobody needs to be saying: “I Can’t Breathe” due to [...]

Here We Go Again: Gas Safety Issues At East Kent Housing

June 22, 2020 // 4 Comments

Updated 17:00 22/06/20 More sources than the 57 varieties of Heinz have stepped forward and informed the Shepwayvox Team that as of 1st June 2020 there were well in excess [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Cllr Jim Martin “Shocked” Council appoint Tibbalds using a waiver for phase 1 of the Otterpool Park, at a cost of £120,000.

June 11, 2020 // 3 Comments

At a behind closed doors meeting of the Otterpool Working Group in April, an officer of the Council let slip that Tibbalds had been appointed as consultants to prepare [...]

“It’s nothing short of scandalous” as 40,000 plus EKH council tenants data placed at “significant security and operational risk”

June 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

“The servers that the [East Kent Housing] system runs on are due for replacement and the Northgate software is out of support. This poses a significant security and [...]

Lions led by donkeys – the death throes of East Kent Housing

June 7, 2020 // 5 Comments

This is a guest post from several members of staff from East Kent Housing Strange though it sounds, the lock-down couldn’t have come at a better time for the shambolic [...]

East Kent Housing “run on servers and software which are NOT compliant with the most basic data safety standards”

May 31, 2020 // 1 Comment

“As I understand it East Kent Housing (EKH) is being run from an unsupported two versions owned, obsolete version of Northgate software which is hosted on servers which [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council set up two new companies to deliver the project and land registry docs show deal to buy racecourse still not completed.

April 30, 2020 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have set up two companies which will look after the delivery of the 10,000 homes Otterpool Park development. The first company [...]

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Dr Susan Priest

Folkestone & Hythe District Council use 107 procurement contract waivers to bypass normal procurement rules to the value of more than £11 million.

Otterpool Park Update: Priest Under Pressure

Folkestone & Hythe District Council issue £6.2 million worth of contracts bypassing normal tendering processes

Do You Trust This Man?

Cllr David Wimble interviewed under caution for alleged electoral violations

Cllr David Wimble Committed Fraud

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

Otterpool Park Update: It’s Official. Folkestone & Hythe District Council Now Own The Racecourse

Every Breath We Take

Otterpool Park Update: Cllr Jim Martin “Shocked” Council appoint Tibbalds using a waiver for phase 1 of the Otterpool Park, at a cost of £120,000.

“It’s nothing short of scandalous” as 40,000 plus EKH council tenants data placed at “significant security and operational risk”

Lions led by donkeys – the death throes of East Kent Housing

East Kent Housing “run on servers and software which are NOT compliant with the most basic data safety standards”

Otterpool Park Update: Council set up two new companies to deliver the project and land registry docs show deal to buy racecourse still not completed.

Congratulations – Folkestone & Hythe District Council Spend £1.3 million On Temporary Staff in 19/20

The Chosen One Has Been Found

“We’re Making It Up As We Go Along”

Otterpool Park Update: Westenhanger Station Expansion

Dunning Kruger Effect Alive And Well At Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Beach Huts: Financial Irregularities & Incompetence

Biggins Wood: Hollow Promises