Council Interim s151 Officer earning £721 per day.
A long time ago, but not in Bethlehem, or a galaxy far far away, Folkestone & Hythe District Council were seeking an interim s151 officer. This was set out in report [...]
Dr Susan Priest
Council doesn’t cut the mustard while the fish rots from the head down
Whichever way you try to cut the mustard the numbers do not reconcile, but given this is Folkestone & Hythe District Council we are talking about, you really [...]
£750,000 of Contract Irregularities at Folkestone & Hythe District Council
Before we move forward we must go back almost a year. If one casts one’s mind back to Report Number AuG/22/21; which went before the Audit & Governance Committee [...]
Temporary Staff costs to break £1m barrier for fourth time in six years
In a time when the Council need to save money, they will once again spend more than a million pounds on temporary staff. They will spend this amount for the fourth time in [...]
More contract irregularities even under new Green led administration
Who cares, who really cares? It is not as if we can say our Cllrs care. They are all too often reactive to situations, not proactive. Under the old regime we wrote frequently [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Council does not have the appetite or capacity to fund the Otterpool Park Project
Folkestone & Hythe District Council is severely constrained financially with regard to the Otterpool Park development of 10,000, due to several factors including any [...]
Temporary staff spend in first quarter of 2023/24 is nearly half a million.
Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent an nearly half a million pounds on temporary staff in the first quarter of the financial year 2023/24. According to their [...]
Waiving hello to £80,000 while not serving up the accounts on time.
For the second year in a row, Folkestone & Hythe District Council, have failed to publish their draft statement of accounts on time. They failed to meet the statutory [...]
More financial irregularities?
Recently we asked the question about the contract issued to Jenner (Contractors) Ltd by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, regarding Ross House. Ross House: Is this [...]
Council’s internal audits show things are getting worse.
Evidence has emerged over time that Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s internal controls have gone from good to bad. Each year an annual internal report is [...]
Part 2 Ross House: Is this another dodgy £1m contract?
Ever since the Council bought Ross House for £1.8m, in April 2018, it has eaten money and had so many issues, the 16 flats inside the building are now probably the most [...]
Integrity of Council’s procurement card data in serious doubt.
Exclusive We have long doubted the integrity of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s data they publish. In the last few days the Council have published all the [...]
Part 42: More financial and contract irregularities
It looks like a harmless contract at first sight. Awarded on the 14/12/2020, it began on the 04/01/2021, and was due to end on the 07/05/2021. There were no extensions to the [...]
Cllrs receive one and a quarter million in allowances and expenses in last four years.
Folkestone & Hythe District Council has thirty councillors. As councilors they receive an allowance – plus expenses. They do not receive a wage. All payments made [...]
More financial and contract irregularities at Folkestone & Hythe District Council
No matter how many times we write about financial and contract irregularities, Folkestone & Hythe District Council never seem to learn. As you may or many not know, the [...]
Evidence emerges of non-fire compliant doors in Folkestone & Hythe DC social housing
More than a 100 fire doors in properties owned by Folkestone & Hythe District Council from Lydd to Lyminge are non compliant according to a fire safety expert of more [...]
Cllr assisgned to wrong ward and other c*ck ups by the Council.
Honestly we are NOT making it up. We don’t need to when Folkestone & Hythe District Council are around as they are the gift which keeps giving. For those of you [...]
Council temporary staff costs rise to £1.6m and sets new all-time record
It’s a new record and by some margin. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £1,664,639 on temporary staff between April 22 and Mar 23. We predicted back in [...]
Facts and Solutions to help small and start up businesses in our district.
We need a thriving district. We need a business friendly environment. We need to help businesses come here, and local start up businesses to thrive here. We need to help them [...]
Part 2: Council invoiced for £4m with no contract in place
This is a guest post Yesterday, I let it be known Folkestone & Hythe District Council had made 650 retrospective purchase orders (RPO) in 2021/22, with a total value of [...]
Oportunitas update: True & Fair Bulls**t
Updated 28 March @ 11:05am How, how could this happen? How can the directors of Oportunitas be employees of the Council, and be elected Cllrs, when that’s not [...]
Unaddressed systemic issues are holding back Council’s development
This is a guest post I am a Folkestone & Hythe District Council Officer. What is written here is a distallation of my own and other colleagues opinions. All opinion [...]
Curiouser and curiouser!
Well things are turning stranger by the minute. With regards to the Hythe West by-election, which we wrote about on the 3 March 2023, raising the issues of missing votes, and [...]
Council set new record on temporary staff costs
It’s a new record and yes they’re record breakers. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £1,364,558 on temporary staff between April 22 and Jan [...]
Something doesn’t add up about the Hythe West By-election
Congratulations to Cllr Jenni Hawkins (Green) (pictured) for winning the local by-election for the Kent County Council – Hythe West Division The Conservative candidate [...]