Folkestone Town Council

“Zoom is malware” and Folkestone & Hythe District Council & Town & Parish Councils Intend To Use It.

April 6, 2020 // 1 Comment

It has been brought to our attention that Folkestone & Hythe District Council have trialed Zoom – a video conferencing with real-time messaging and content [...]

Will our Town & Parish Councils Do Something About Their Statutory ‘Duty’ To Comply With Crime & Disorder Act 1998

October 27, 2019 // 3 Comments

In the bleak midwinter when frosty wind made moan and earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone, one Cllr went above and beyond his duty to catch thieves stealing the [...]

Cllr Clive Goddard & Russell Tillson interviewed under caution for Alleged Electoral Violations

October 17, 2019 // 3 Comments

Cllr Clive Goddard (Con) (pictured) was first elected to the then Shepway District Council – now Folkestone & Hythe District Council – in 2007. He was elected [...]

Labour announce Cllr Jacqui Meade as new Mayor for Folkestone

May 7, 2019 // 5 Comments

We understand that Cllr Jacqui Meade (Lab) – pictured – has been put forward to become the first Labour Mayor of Folkestone in eighteen years. This will take [...]

Folkestone: A step too far?

February 15, 2019 // 2 Comments

Love or loathe it, the Arch in Folkestone at the town end of the Leas has caused controversy from the moment it was born. For those of you who do not remember the arch [...]

The Horn Street Stench.

October 6, 2018 // 3 Comments

On March 24th 2015 Shepwayvox was born. It was said in the very first post, by the solitary member and writer at that time who is now, our public face, somewhere down the [...]

The Closing down of Democracy – Part 2

February 8, 2018 // 1 Comment

In England only, the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 – Statutory Instrument 2014/2095 (hereafter the Regs) amended s1 of the 1960 Act with effect [...]

Secrets breed mistrust Sir Roger.

January 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

Secrecy can be a nasty practice with people often keeping secrets for all the wrong reasons. Secrets breed mistrust. Today we understand a representative or representatives [...]

The Long Read: Lots of Questions About Folkestone Town Centre Management Limited.

July 30, 2017 // 5 Comments

Folkestone Town Centre Management Limited (FTCM) has had 24 Directors and two Secretaries. Its current directors are Tom McNiece former Mayor of Folkestone (pictured) [...]

Council House For Sex

July 20, 2016 // 5 Comments

Cllr Brian Copping (pictured) who represents the, East Folkestone Ward on Folkestone Town Council (below) has abused his position as a Councillor and brought the office of [...]

Cllr David “Drury” Monk 2

December 3, 2015 // 1 Comment

On the 15th May 2015 Folkestone Town Councillor David Drury Monk (pictured) informs the Monitoring Officer [MO] that he has no home, see Register of interest for David [...]

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