Investigation

Suspended Chief Officer of Operations at FHDC, Alastair Clifford, to be re-instated on 1 September

August 29, 2022 // 3 Comments

On the 27 June 2022, we announced that Alastair Clifford (pictured) – Chief Officer of Operations at Folkestone & Hythe District Council had been suspended, pending [...]

£40 million Veolia Waste Contract investigation will not be held in public

July 12, 2021 // 4 Comments

The Council set up an Overview and Scrutiny Waste contract Task and Finish Group to investigate the Veolia Waste Contract Fiasco, which led to thousands of homes NOT having [...]

£8,640 Investigation into Cllr is waste of money as Code of Conduct is toothless tiger.

April 18, 2021 // 1 Comment

On May 6th 2021, the electorate in the Folkestone & Hythe District are being asked to attend a local polling station to vote for one of twenty four candidates, standing [...]

Approved Tory Parliamentary Candidate Stephen James resigned rather than face investigation into his professional standards as a teacher.

February 6, 2021 // 10 Comments

A fortnight ago we wrote about Stephen James (pictured). We highlighted that he’d come to the attention of Private Eye who ran a story on him. We made it clear he is an [...]

East Kent Councils failing hundreds of tenants over gas safety checks

June 12, 2019 // 9 Comments

Hundreds of council tenants lives are being put at significant risk due to their landlords not undertaking compulsory gas safety checks. Hundreds of Council homes owned by [...]

Is another Tory Folkestone & Hythe District Councillor on the fiddle?

June 5, 2019 // 7 Comments

Yesterday we brought you the Cllrs allowances and expenses in three graphs. Now we will drill down into the detail of each Cllrs allowances and expenses claims, as submitted [...]

History of Pensand House & Marlborough Court

December 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

It begins back in 1987, the year Rick Astley’s – Never Gonna Give You Up remained at No 1 for five weeks. On the 29th May 1987 a charge for a mortgage was raised from [...]

Issues with East Kent Housing’s P & R boiler contract?

October 17, 2018 // 6 Comments

P & R’ Installation Co Ltd (P & R) £27 million pound contract managed by East Kent Housing for central heating, emergency 24/7 gas and hot water repair [...]

“Full investigation” into money laundering concerns around Pensand House & Marlborough Court

September 23, 2018 // 1 Comment

Nationwide Building Society will begin a “prompt and full investigation” into concerns raised with them regarding money laundering around the initial deposit and [...]

The Long Read: M & R Refurbishments Ltd.

June 10, 2018 // 3 Comments

East Kent Housing (EKH), the largest arms length management organisation in the country, recently employed a contractor to undertake external painting of its Council housing [...]

Investigation into Cllrs Expenses & Allowances underway.

May 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

One week ago today we brought you the blog post about Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cllrs Expenses & Allowances for the financial year 2017/18. In the post we [...]

Cllr Russell Douglas Tillson

October 30, 2017 // 3 Comments

Cllr Russell Douglas Tillson (pictured below) was first elected to Shepway District Council as a Cllr for the Dymchurch & St. Marys Bay Ward in 2007 with 846 votes. He [...]

Expenses Investigation Report after 7 Months. What do you Think?

February 17, 2016 // 2 Comments

In July 2015 the public face of Shepwayvox got hold of all Cllrs expenses and as a team we waded through them. We discovered significant anomalies and began to post [...]

Inappropriate Expenses Claim Investigation, at last.

December 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

So we know Cllr Simmons(pictured) will have to return the money. Will SDC report him to the Police for false accounting? Or Abuse of Position? Both of these being possible [...]

SDC’s Investigation into Cllrs Expenses, behind closed doors.

November 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

SDC’s investigation into Cllrs Inappropriate Expenses Claims will be dealt with behind closed doors. An Extraordinary Audit and Standards Committee has been announced [...]

Official Cllrs Expenses Investigation 4

November 4, 2015 // 1 Comment

For those of you who have been reading Shepwayvox, you know all about the cllrs expenses investigation, well tonight, The Herald have finally reported on the story. “A [...]

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