Policy 3: Transparency & Accountability
Transparency & Accountability are all too often lacking in national, county and local politics. Just ask those who are trying to discover what is going on [...]
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Policy 1 – Part 2: More Debt & Some Solutions.
There are two catergories of debt, one is on book debt , this the £1 Billion we can see on KCC accounts. The second type debt is off the book debt, such as PFI. All KCC debt [...]
Policy No 1: Tackling the KCC Billion Pound Debt.
I Bryan Rylands (pictured centre) have been given the opportunity by the Shepwayvox Team to use their blog as a forum to promote my policies as an Independent Candidate [...]
SDC pay £1.5 Million to a Convicted Criminal for 10 Acres of Land.
Adrian Kirby (Pictured) a former UK waste disposal operator and onetime member of the prestigious Guards Polo Club who illegally conspired to spy on his environmental [...]
Delusional Tories in a Rotten Borough, you decide.
Recently at a meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny Committe, Cllr Mary Lawes (UKIP) (pictured) called the Tory led chamber ‘Delusional’ on three occasions. [...]
Hidden Facts about Otterpool Park
Today marks the beginning of Shepway District Council’s (SDC) consultation about the Otterpool Park Development. At Sellindge Sports & Social Club between 2pm [...]
Councillors – rights of access to information
Our Councillors have the right to access information held by the Shepway District Council (SDC). The powers that enable them are S.100F LGA 1972 and the Local Authorities [...]
Otterpool, Offshore’s And a Little Insider Knowledge.
In 2013 the Government’s Planning Inspector denied the redevelopment of Folkestone Racecourse on the grounds that too many homes were proposed. Folkestone Racecourse, [...]
Missing
How do you lose a £142 million pounds? Down the back of the sofa? At the bookies, a bad investment? We don’t know, but what we do know is that it is missing, gone [...]
Planning Application Y/16/0725/SH Hythe, Kent.
It all begins with a simple phone call. They were agitated, scared, nervous, confused with lots of questions. What if the rents go up? What if they ask us to move? Where will [...]
The Dark Side of Gentrification
On the sun strewn hills just above Folkestone, a family sit down to eat Sunday Lunch. The view they have is amazing, we can see France, the English channel fanning out and [...]
SDC Gagging Orders increase 82% in 2015/16
As of the 30th June 2016 Shepway District Council placed their unaudited accounts for 2015/16 online. We would like to draw your attention to page 79 of the accounts and [...]
The Usual Suspects
The Great and the Good, or rather the Usual Suspects have found their way onto the FOLKESTONE COASTAL COMMUNITY TEAM: Jennifer Childs – Town Clerk/Lead Emily Arnold [...]
Walter Mitty or Billy Liar? You decide.
Billy Liar is a fantasist who wants to rid himself from the constant complaints and blames he gets from other people, Billy Liar is never wrong. Might it be that Mr Michael [...]
“Finger Lickin’ Good”
Caskade Caterers Ltd is owned by Msha International LTD who is owned by Msha Holdings LTD based in the Seychelles. Caskade is one of the largest sub-franchisees of the [...]
Hythe Town Green Restrictive Covenant
Behind Closed Doors at 5-pm Today 24 Feb 2016, SDC Cabinet made up of 9 Tory Cllrs will discuss the Hythe Town Green Restrictive Covenant and more specifically the legal [...]
Serious Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in Shepway Workplaces.
Shepwayvox was contacted by a person who had experienced serious sexual harassment and discrimination in their workplace. We decided to investigate and have collected [...]
Something is Rotten in the District Of Shepway
“We will a tale unfold, whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres.” WS [...]
Information to be published annually by SDC
There is Data that SDC must publish annually, so this piece will not be a short piece. What is this data local authority land grants to voluntary, community and social [...]
SDC Employees and their Pensions
The Times has reported this morning [01/09/15] (paywall) that: The legal cornerstone underpinning the entire edifice of bank accounting is defective, according to a QC’s [...]