Kent Councils Sell 1,300 Council Homes Making £120 million
Seven local authorities in Kent have sold more than 1,300 council homes under right to buy (RTB) and made in excess of a £120 million, according to the latest figures [...]
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More than 5,300 empty homes in Kent and they’re worth an estimated £1.9bn
The number of empty homes across Kent has risen for the third consecutive year to more than 5,300, the highest level since 2012, according to official figures. The number of [...]
Karma Comes Around For Mark Anderson?
Before he joined East Kent Housing (EKH), Mark Anderson (pictured) former Director of Property, had according to his Linkedin page, seventeen jobs between 1985 and June 2016. [...]
Animal Carcasses, Clinical Waste & Green Waste Amongst the 3.3% Fly Tipping Increase in Kent.
More rubbish than ever is being dumped illegally across Kent. Figures published by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) reveal there has been [...]
GP Patient Numbers Grow By Just 1% in 2019
The Conservative Manifesto 2019 at page 23 states: In order to help communities cope better with pressures on public services, we will ensure that new GP and school places [...]
COUNCILS TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO DISMISS EAST KENT HOUSING BOARD
The Four Councils who own East Kent Housing, Dover Canterbury, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet have today (12/12/19) dismissed the East Kent Housing Board and taken direct [...]
There may be trouble ahead…
In the last week much has been made of food security post Brexit. In 2017 farmers across the postcodes of our district received nearly £6 million in farm subsidies. In 2018 [...]
Part 2: East Kent Councils overcharged £1.5 million by Gas Contractor P & R.
£1,479,000 worth of overcharging by P & R, the contractor who was responsible for the Gas Servicing & Maintenance contract for all four East Kent Council, managed by [...]
A highly incompetent and slovenly MP?
Recently the Daily Telegraph (paywall) ran a story about hundreds of MPs having their official credit cards suspended by the expenses watchdog, IPSA. Among the list of [...]
Rough sleeping rises in nearly all Kent districts
Rough sleeping rose in nine out of twelve districts in Kent (not Medway) last year according to official figures released by the Ministry for Housing Communities & Local [...]
Free Course – Interrogating data.
Data matters. Data – Facebook data – so it is claimed may well have influenced the Brexit Vote and is currently being investigated by our own MP, Damian Collins [...]
Hypocrite? You Decide
Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone & Hythe is chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee and we believe a hypocrite. Damian has recently written to the [...]
Damian Collins MP Expenses 2016/17
Since May 2010 – to March 31st 2017, Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone & Hythe has cost the public purse £1,144,586 according to IPSA. The average amount he has [...]
Damian Collins In Twitter Spat With Russian Embassy
Folkestone & Hythe MP – Damian Collins (pictured), has got into a spat on Twitter, with the Russian Embassy, in London, about fake news. Damian & his committee [...]
Fake News & A Lie By Damian Collins MP.
We asked the question earlier this month whether or not Damian Collins MP (pictured) had lied regarding the transfer of 1,500 patients to other GP Surgeries. Damian placed [...]
Scope Of Work Timetable To Develop Westenhanger into Otterpool Parkway Railway Station.
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 [...]
Damian Collins MP £17,600 Worth of Donations & that Glastonbury Ticket.
Damian Collins MP registered £17,600 in donations on July 17 2017. Mr Paul Francis (pictured), Political Editor of the Kentish Express for some reason chose to focus on [...]
Damian Collins MP& His Council Tax
It is that time of year when your Parish, Town, District and County Council’s turn their minds to setting the Council Tax amount we will pay for 17/18. Council Tax debt [...]
Behind closed doors, shit happens.
On Wednesday 24 Feb at 5pm 9 Tory Cllrs and a number of SDC Officers will seat themselves in the Civic Centre Chamber and discuss Oportunitas Ltd and Hythe Town Green [...]