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Nine Kent Councils collect £3.5 million in Penalty Charge Notices

January 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Between August 2019 and July 2020, according to data collected through Freedom of Information (FoI) requests by Compare the Market, Medway Council has issued the most Penalty [...]

‘Should’ve gone to Specsavers’

January 5, 2021 // 3 Comments

The Local Government Transparency Code sets out the minimum data that Folkestone & Hythe District Council should be publishing, the frequency it should be published and [...]

Are 16 Folkestone & Hythe District Councillors abusing their position?

October 26, 2019 // 5 Comments

Could you be persuaded there is a legitimate interest, and it is in the public interest, or any value to the public or any section of the public, for Folkestone & Hythe [...]

All 4 East Kent Councils paid P & R for fraudulent Gas Safety Certificates

June 28, 2019 // 2 Comments

Yesterday -27th June 2019 Dover District Council Governance Committee met and part of the agenda pack at pages 18 and 19 states: Discussions were started with the contractor [...]

Official Diaries Part 2: East Kent Hospital Trust says yes. Folkestone & Hythe DC says no.

February 4, 2019 // 1 Comment

East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) have released Susan Acott’s , the Chief Executive’s diary. It is not as open as Cllr Paul [...]

Peter Principle alive & well at East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust

November 17, 2018 // 3 Comments

The Peter principle is alive and well at East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust. If for one moment one believes that the proposal for a new Hospital at [...]

The Council “neither confirms nor Denies” the Allegations of sexual harassment/misconduct leading to Settlement Agreements.

June 8, 2018 // 4 Comments

Back in Sept 2017 we brought you the post about Jeremy Chambers (pictured) being dismissed for Gross Misconduct. The allegations were that Jeremy was placed on gardening [...]

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

May 12, 2018 // 4 Comments

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Abraham Lincoln Never let the truth get in [...]

Pimping Otterpool Park @ Kent Construction Expo 2017.

December 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

In our last post we informed you that the total funding to SDC from central Government to date, amounts to £1,250,000. Paid over three tranches: £750,000, £345,000 and [...]

It Looks Like Bullshit, It Smells Like Bullshit, It Must Be…

October 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

Dorothy Rowe (pictured) is a psychologist. She has written a number of books and for a while was a contributor to Saga Magazine. One of her books is entitled “Why We [...]

Scope Of Work Timetable To Develop Westenhanger into Otterpool Parkway Railway Station.

August 18, 2017 // 1 Comment

Just Yesterday, our Man About Town, (London Town) Damian Collins MP, spoke about Network Rail in his weekly column, in the Folkestone Herald. One of his pet projects which he [...]

Seven Clumps Of Japanese Knotweed On Princes Parade.

August 17, 2017 // 5 Comments

There is not one, there is not two or even three, but seven clumps of Japanese Knotweed that we have photographed so far on Princes Parade. The clumps range in size from a [...]

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