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The Long Read: The Strange Tale of the Folkestone Leas Lift Company CIC

September 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

It is unlikely many readers will have missed the publicity announcing that the Leas Lift booking office has once again opened its doors, albeit as a café. The Folkestone [...]

Part 2: KCC Pension Fund is divesting from fossil fuels but still investing in countries who do not uphold LGBT rights

September 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

The KCC Pension Fund total investments were valued at £6.6bn on 31 December 2019. Just three months later, on the 31st March 2020, the pension value had shrunk to £5.7 [...]

KCC “Profiteering” from caring for migrant children under 18

September 5, 2020 // 4 Comments

On the 1st April 2019, Kent County Council (KCC) were caring for 254 under 18 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). By March 31st 2020, KCC were caring from 450 UASC, [...]

Kingston Homes want to develop The land on the north side of Station Rd, Hythe, Kent

September 2, 2020 // 2 Comments

Kingston Homes have made public a document seeking consultation with the public (As of Aug 2020) for the development of the land on the north side of Station Road, Hythe, [...]

Stainer the false prophet

August 30, 2020 // 8 Comments

Like the biblical prophet some think he resembles, Michael Stainer has frequently prophesised the imminent collapse of part of the southern elevation of the Grand. As [...]

Latest ONS Map Shows Covid-19 Deaths by Postcode

August 29, 2020 // 1 Comment

Below is the latest interactive map produced by ONS for the number of deaths involving COVID-19. The Office for National Statistics figures are based on all deaths where [...]

A year on and still no council policy or plan to deal with the declared climate & ecological emergency

August 25, 2020 // 2 Comments

A working group is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. On Wednesday 24th July 2019, Folkestone & Hythe District Council declared a Climate & Ecological [...]

Part 1: Are Kent County Council Finances in Safe Hands?

August 23, 2020 // 1 Comment

Zena Cooke (pictured) is probably a woman you have never heard of. There is no need for you to have ever heard of her. She is Kent County Council’s (KCC) Director of [...]

Princes Parade: £8,000 Discrepancy in Council legal costs and will Oaklands Surgery get that £151,200?

August 22, 2020 // 3 Comments

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 Folkestone & Hythe [...]

Kent and Medway NHS Trust continue to send mental health patients hundreds of miles from home for hospital beds

August 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

Between the 1st April 2017 and the 4th August 2020, the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) have sent two hundred and twenty eight (228) mental [...]

Same Story Different Transport

August 10, 2020 // 5 Comments

The issue of refugees crossing the Channel and arriving on English soil is NOT new. Back in May 2002, our public face worked as a reporter for the Folkestone Herald and [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council issue £6.2 million worth of contracts bypassing normal tendering processes

August 9, 2020 // 9 Comments

£6.2 million pounds worth of contracts in 2019/20 were issued by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, using waivers and citing urgency and expediency. In total, 49 [...]

So, Where’s The Money Gone?

August 7, 2020 // 1 Comment

So, where’s the money? The financial data below has all come from Folkestone & Hythe District Council. It excludes VAT. It is the Temporary staff costs data from [...]

Something is Rotten in the District of Folkestone & Hythe

August 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

There’s more to this than meets the eye. Yes the facts surrounding the Leo Griggs Royal Victoria Site gets murkier. Not only has the site been closed by the Health [...]

Do You Trust This Man?

July 30, 2020 // 2 Comments

We recently reported Dr Susan Priest, Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council had received a £40,000 pay rise, in 2019/20. A member of the public asked a [...]

Cllr David Wimble interviewed under caution for alleged electoral violations

July 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

On Monday the 21st Oct, 2019, Cllr David Wimble (Ind) attended Folkestone Police Station where he was interviewed under caution in respect of allegations of committing [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have more than £204,000 in unpaid HGV PCNs, equivalent to ten Council jobs

July 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

Updated 22:45 27/07/20 Between April 2017 and March 2020, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have failed to collect £204,074 in unpaid Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for [...]

Wheelie Cllr Prater!

July 21, 2020 // 6 Comments

Updated 19:00 23/07/20 Honestly, if we replied to every Cllr Tim Prater (Lib Dem) article, we’d get little done. Cllr Tim Prater (Lib Dem) is claiming victory for a [...]

Exclusive: Kent County Council’s response to Govt Free port Consultation revealed

July 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Shepwayvox Team have managed to get hold of Kent County Council’s response to the Government’s consultation on a proposed new Free port policy. It can be [...]

Where is the 2020 Air Quality Report?

July 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

So the 2019 Air Quality report has been released. This though informs us about the air quality in 2018. However, we ask Folkestone & Hythe District Council, and the [...]

A Gaping Gap at the Grand

July 17, 2020 // 4 Comments

Almost five year after the infamous dawn raid that saw Michael and Doris Stainer and their general manager arrested, Robert Richardson has finally abandoned the beleaguered [...]

Universal Credit claims slow in Kent as new reality bites for 70,000 claimants.

July 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

The number of people claiming Universal Credit (UC) across JobCentre’s in Kent slowed remarkably between May 14th 2020 to June 11th 2020. UC can be claimed by both [...]

£40,000 Pay Rise For Failing Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council

July 15, 2020 // 5 Comments

She says she understands the importance of transparency and is able to discharge responsibilities to the highest standards of probity. Dr Susan Priest, the Chief Executive of [...]

Affinity & Southern Water Lose Enough Water to Fill 100 Olympic Swimming Pools Each Day in 2019/20

July 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

In England, we take for granted a plentiful supply of water. Yet our high population density means the available water per person is actually less than in many Mediterranean [...]

10,000 Lorry Brexit customs clearance centre to be built on the outskirts of Ashford.

July 10, 2020 // 6 Comments

Updated: 9:50am (11/07/20) It has been annouced earlier today the government has secretly purchased 11 hectares (27 acres) of land on the outskirts of Ashford (next to [...]

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