Some things never change, that’s just the way it is
As we begin the new year, it seems old habits die hard. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have awarded five contracts to Brighter Homes, based in Folkestone, according [...]
Financial Irregularities
Review of 2022: Trial dates, Prison Sentences, Financial Irregualrities and Damp & Mould
It’s been a tumultuous year by anyone’s standards. A war in Europe, a cost of living crisis, the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; Liz Truss lasting just [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council: Audit Reports Expose Contract Rule Failures and Demand a Compliance Reset
They are, without doubt, three remarkable women: capable professionals with a clear, shared intent to get Folkestone & Hythe District Council back to basics on [...]
All four suspended officers have now left the Council
Updated 15/09/22 @21:37 So it has come to pass, after two and half months since we published the fact that four Folkestone & Hythe District Council officers; who were [...]
Breaking News: Alastair Clifford has left the Council
Alastair Clifford (pictured), who according to whistleblowers arranged for his brother to win contracts and not do a very good job, has left Folkestone & Hythe District [...]
Why are we waiting?
It has been seventeen days since the draft accounts of Folkestone & Hythe District Council were meant to open for the residents of the district to inspect. As of this [...]
Are Folkestone & Hythe District Council cooking the books?
It’s a first, and not one Folkestone & Hythe District Council should be proud of at all. For the first time in the history of our Council, they have failed to [...]
Council balls up their recently published procurement card data.
You won’t believe it, but perhaps you will, as this is Folkestone & Hythe District Council we’re talking about after all. The two years worth of procurement [...]
Data matching shows £7.2m of likely council procurement fraud over four years to family or friends
Recently while the sun was shining, and the birds were singing – well not on Princes Parade – Folkestone & Hythe District Council took the decision to suspend [...]
Four council Officers suspended due to financial and contractual irregularities.
Exclusive: The Shepway Vox Team can announce that four council officers at Folkestone & Hythe District Council have been suspended due to contract and financial [...]
Is this evidence of Fraud, Financial Irregularities, Non Compliance @ Folkestone & Hythe District Council?
Each year the Chairman of Folkestone & Hythe District Council Audit & Governance Committee (A&GC), must respond to the external auditors letter which asks: [...]
Council hiding seven years worth of credit card financial payments.
Seven years Folkestone & Hythe District Council have hidden, and failed to publish financial data for their Government Procurement Cards (read credit card), in clear [...]
£2.5 million pound of financial irregularities on Council roofing contract under investigation
Anthony Wallner (pictured) is not a name you would have heard of. But regular readers won’t be surprised to learn that he is the Asset & Major Works Senior [...]