Is the pot calling the kettle black?
Pot and kettle spring to mind. Since May 2023, the Greens & Lib Dems have formed a minority coalition, while being supported by Labour. Prior to the Greens leading [...]
Folkestone & Hythe Labour Party
New Green led Council abandons election pledge to build more affordable Council homes
The Council are looking to sell land once earmarked for 30 Council homes at Highview Moat Farm Rd Folkestone, to a private developer, meaning only 7 homes will be [...]
Otterpool Park update: Amnesia strikes Cllrs
There are moments when Cllrs suffer from amnesia. In fact, they sometimes invent facts which hold no truth in reality whatsoever. One such example is Cllr Jennifer [...]
High Knocke Dymchurch, do we need the 132 homes given there is “massive oversupply” of housing, says leader of the Council
This is the story, or rather the continuation of the story about the planning application for 132 Homes at High Knocke Dymchurch. This application is set to go before the [...]
Princes Parade saved, but Council deficit magically increases by £2m.
Before we begin our report by our public face, who attended the Annual General Meeting of Folkestone & Hythe District Council meeting last night, 24 May 2023, which saw [...]
To be or not to be, that is the question.
It was often said of the last Tory led administration of Folkestone & Hythe District Council, they did things to us, rather than with us. But will this new administration [...]
Otterpool Park Update: A brief history of the political parties stance on the development
It is funny how political parties are prepared to do spectacular u-turns. This is true of all parties at national and local level. Regarding the Otterpool Park [...]
Domestos: We’re 99.9% sure Folkestone & Hythe residents will have highest council tax for twentieth year in a row.
It’s like Domestos, we can only be 99.9% certain that Folkestone & Hythe District Council will have the highest Council Tax of any district in Kent for the [...]
Biggins Wood receives £1.15 Grant funding but questions remain
Dr Susan Priest said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was “contaminated“. Andy Jarrett said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was [...]
Senior Council Officers and Cllrs rewarded handsomely for losing public purse tens of thousands of pounds
Between them they have lost the public purse tens of thousands of pounds and failed to keep the publication scheme up to date. The publication scheme aims to make the maximum [...]
Actions must speak louder than words if we are to protect our wonderful environment.
On the 2nd May 2019, residents of the district elected five members of the Shepway Green Party. This is a party which alleges to be committed to improving our environment [...]
Napier Barracks Welcome Meeting: Council Officers march with “right wing extremist organisations”
Kent Refugee Action Network, who organised the welcome meeting for asylum seekers at Napier Barracks, Folkestone, today the 17th Oct, was attended by 200 plus people. They [...]
No Go or Go decision to be made in Jan 2021 on new Civic Centre at Otterpool Park
The Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council – Dr Susan Priest, made it clear that the discussion around a new civic centre at Otterpool Park was to give [...]
Princes Parade: Will Oaklands Surgery get that £151,200 CIL money?
Updated 23/09/20 Regardless of one’s personal position on Princes Parade, one thing should be perfectly clear and that’s the cost of the legal fees spent by [...]
Changes afoot to Overview & Scrutiny are decided behind closed doors continuing the lack of Openness & Transparency.
We have long said the effectiveness of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee (O&S) has been unacceptable and that it has been the lion which never roared. It has been a [...]
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.
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 [...]
Will there be a by-election in Harbour Ward?
The Closet Tory – Cllr Ray Field (Ind) elected with 359 votes for the Harbour Ward in May 2019, has in the past been a vociferous voice in calling on Cllrs who have [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Significant Errors & Non Compliance with GDPR
Recently Folkestone & Hythe District Council compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) was audited by the East Kent Audit Partnership (EKAP) and [...]
Council’s Charity want half a million for 120 Beach Huts angers tenants
The lease for the Folkestone beach huts was made between the Council and Peter Kemp in 1997, when the Lib Dems ruled the universe known as Shepway District, now Folkestone [...]
Cllr Clive Goddard & Russell Tillson interviewed under caution for Alleged Electoral Violations
Cllr Clive Goddard (Con) (pictured) was first elected to the then Shepway District Council – now Folkestone & Hythe District Council – in 2007. He was elected [...]
Climate Change: Cllrs Will Be On The Wrong Side of History
On Monday we wrote about the Otterpool Park working group meeting behind closed doors. Later that day the Shepway Green Party (SGP) released a statement which reads: [...]
Folkestone & Hythe Greens, Labour & Lib Dems failing the people of our district.
A motion is not something you do while sitting on the privy reading the morning paper online via your tablet. No! A motion is a request made by a councillor for an issue [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council senior management handsomely rewarded for failure
The top three tiers of management at Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) have been handsomely rewarded for their failure to manage and oversee the Swale [...]
Part 2: Why does Folkestone & Hythe District Council encourage profiteering from homelessness?
Folkestone & Hythe District Council are bribing private landlords to house homeless families. Throwing money away doesn’t address the causes of the problem. Landlord [...]
“Confused.com”
I am confused. The Folkestone & Hythe Labour Party have stated on the record that their policy towards Princes Parade & Otterpool Park is: Labour are opposed to the [...]