Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Council failing to publish the notice explaining why the audited accounts for 2021/22 have not been published

December 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council are in breach of the law again, but neither of the two statutory officers, Charlotte Spendley -s151 officer, responsible for the money [...]

Princes Parade Update: Oscar Winning performances at full Council by Chris Farrell & Cllr Jim Martin

December 1, 2022 // 3 Comments

Where to begin, as there was so much discussed at last nights full Council, 30 Nov 2022. As they say though, the best place to begin is at the beginning So we’ll start [...]

£1,452,646 spent on suppliers without a compliant contract

November 30, 2022 // 1 Comment

A damning report released today, by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, show that procurement management and contract standing orders (CSO) have been significantly [...]

Damn stupid policy

November 28, 2022 // 6 Comments

Updated: 29 Nov @ 9:20am In May 2022, Folkestone & Hythe District Council introduced a Housing repair & maintenance policy which includes damp and mould . It states [...]

Part 3 – Damp and Mould – “It’s not lifestyle”.

November 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

Like an artist’s afterthought on a brick canvas, the stains make clear there are serious issues with Council owned homes. It can be seen on properties in New Romney, [...]

Part 2 – Damp and Mould – “It’s not lifestyle”.

November 24, 2022 // 2 Comments

Following on from yesterday’s post – Damp and Mould – “It’s not lifestyle” – we follow up today with Part 2. The Shepway Vox Team undertook an [...]

Damp and Mould – “It’s not lifestyle”.

November 23, 2022 // 5 Comments

Back in Oct 2021, The Housing Ombudsman released a special spotlight report addressing the issue of damp and mould, called “Spotlight on: Damp and mould. It’s not [...]

Local Tories knew Cllr Weatherhead was former member of Fascist Group before Hope Not Hate story broke

November 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

Back in February 2022, we updated a post called Tories Dump The Monk The update stated: Update – It has come to our attention that Andrew Beadle (now Weatherhead) was a [...]

Council Procurement Card Data: Fcuking Dangerous

November 17, 2022 // 8 Comments

On Nov 11, when the Council took down the 2019/20, Procurement Card Transaction Data (read credit card data), from their website with no explanation, it naturally created the [...]

Council temporary staff costs will pass million pound mark in 2022/23

November 14, 2022 // 1 Comment

Temporary employees are people that employers – such as Folkestone & Hythe District Council – contract to a job for a limited period through a third-party [...]

It’s Magic: £107,000 of Council Procurement Card Data Vanishes

November 11, 2022 // 2 Comments

WTF! Folkestone & Hythe District Council have taken down the Procurement Card Data they published on the 8 Nov, 22. Today the 11 Nov, 22, the dangerous data they [...]

Procurement Card Data 2019/20: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

November 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

How! Just how is it possible they don’t understand when the language is so clear and concise? Are they being deliberately obtuse? The Local Government Transparency Code [...]

Otterpool Team to give briefing on the updated Planning Application

November 6, 2022 // 1 Comment

How many times does it take for you to listen to somebody who informs you, they don’t want it, or they object to what your offering? The Otterpool Park site is where [...]

All work and spending on Bigginswood must stop with immediate effect due to lapsed planning permission

November 2, 2022 // 3 Comments

Land at Bigginswood, Cheriton, was purchased in Dec 2016 under urgency powers by the then Coporate Director Dr Susan Priest. The price paid by the Council was £1.5m; which [...]

Holidays in the sun and unpaid road tax by the Council

October 27, 2022 // 7 Comments

In Oct 1977, Holidays in the Sun was released by the Sex Pistols. It could be seen as an unofficial anthem for some Council Officers, as some of them have, according to [...]

Cost of Living Crisis: Kent Residents Will Face Tough Times Ahead

October 25, 2022 // 1 Comment

The Cost of Living crisis is affecting many residents across Kent, so much so that it is frightening the sh*t of out some residents, as there purses and wallets do not have [...]

Education will help the cumulative impact of sewage pollution

October 22, 2022 // 1 Comment

Water laps at 26 miles of our wonderful districts coastline, and along the banks of the two main rivers which flow through the district, the East Stour and the Nailbourne. It [...]

‘Gizza job – I can do that!’

October 19, 2022 // 2 Comments

Readers of a certain (ahem) vintage will be familiar with the title of this piece, going way back to the 1982 TV series ‘Boys from the Black Stuff’. It was the hopeless [...]

Temporary staff costs set to break million pound barrier for third time in 5 years

October 19, 2022 // 2 Comments

She has a PhD from St Catherine’s College Cambridge. The PhD she received was for a study of the effectiveness of government policy to stimulate small and medium enterprise [...]

Yet More Contract Irregularities at Folkestone & Hythe District Council

October 17, 2022 // 2 Comments

Once again, there are issues with Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Contracts Register (17/10/22) (Quelle surprise). The Council’s Constitution at Part 10 [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Hidden Agenda’s and Fair Value

October 12, 2022 // 1 Comment

Ever since the first piece of land was purchased by the Council at Otterpool, in Dec 2015, for £5m from the Champney Brothers, the fair value of the land has risen by 540%, [...]

Cost of Living Crisis – Yet more locals to become migrants due to being priced out of the local rental market.

October 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

A Bureau of Investigative Journalism analysis of 648 rental properties across eight districts of Kent shows 99% of those advertised over a single month (July 2022) were [...]

Is Operation Brock “illegal”?

October 6, 2022 // 2 Comments

Updated 06.10.22 @18:08 Again and again and again. The issue of traffic jams blocking up the M20 and local roads has gone on for more than two decades, and regardless of who [...]

Holidays & Hypocrisy

October 4, 2022 // 2 Comments

On the 1 August 2022, the public were supposed to have been allowed to inspect Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s accounts, as per s26 of the Local Audit & [...]

Three Areas of Kent put forward as potential locations for Govt Investment Zones

October 2, 2022 // 2 Comments

On the 23rd Sept 2022, Kwasi Kwarteng, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the concept of Investment Zones. 38 areas have been identified as potentially Investment [...]

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