Cllrs tax free travel and annual financial uplift on their allowances
Hidden away in Part 9/82 of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s current Constitution, it states: The allowances shall be automatically adjusted, annually, by [...]
Lesley Whybrow
Folkestone & Hythe District Council paid Russian gas giant on day war begun with Ukraine
The war began on Thursday 24th Feb, 2022. It has been 41 days since Russian forces swept across the border into the Ukraine, causing millions to flee their homes and their [...]
£250,000 of Green Cash to be given away by the Council to help the environment
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet is being asked to agree approval to establish a £250,000 fund to provide grants to support local businesses to improve their [...]
Have the Council found a Magic Money Tree for their five development projects?
Folkestone & Hythe District Council five development projects, are all subject to rising inflation, higher borrowing costs, and supply chain issues, which means costs [...]
Princes Parade Update: Costs, Contracts & Vindictive Behaviour by FHDC
On the 6 August 2018, Lesley Whybrow (pictured), before she became an elected Cllr, sent a Freedom of Information Request to the Council, relating to Princes Parade, where [...]
Council short changed town and parish councils & ignore due process and pay policy
“She’s a fcuking menace” is how one senior council officer described the Chief Executive of Folkestone & Hythe District Council, Dr Susan Priest [...]
On Street Parking contract loses £1.1 million in eight of the last ten years
On and off street parking in the Folkestone & Hythe District is always a bone of contention. In the last ten financial years (Apr 1 – March 31) Folkestone & [...]
Save Princes Parade Campaign missed glaring opportunity to win Judicial Review
One has to wonder about the ability of some of those involved in the Save Princes Parade Campaign. It’s clear they missed an opportunity that was so glaringly obvious, [...]
Cllrs claim more allowances in 2020/21 than 2019/20
In the 2020/21 financial year, when Covid hit, when all Folkestone & Hythe District Councillors couldn’t travel to conferences and claim subsistence and other [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s £40 million pound waste contract fiasco
It’s a £40 million pound fiasco. For the second time in less than six weeks Folkestone & Hythe District Council have been forced to apologise for the poor service [...]
Cllrs go missing in action
What a waste! In the last two years there have not been many opportunities for opposition members to land any significant blows on the Tory led coalition at Folkestone & [...]
Yes, No, Yes, No, and that’s official.
According to a member of the public and the Cabinet Member for the Environment, Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Green), Folkestone & Hythe District Council have allegedly sprayed [...]
The fig leaf which is hiding a climate emergency in our district
We must plant more woodland as we have but a fig leaf left. Trees need to be looked after: you don’t just plant them, you grow them. And we need to plant and grow 4 [...]
Ask your local Parish, Town, District County council to put heat pumps under playing fields and parks
One of the things which has come out of the pandemic is how important nature is to us all. Our green spaces have provided us with places to relax and enjoy nature at close [...]
Good journalism changes things
They give the impression of being in office but not in power. Both of them sit on Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s cabinet; and both receive allowances in [...]
“Our council is broken at best” says ePetition campaigner
Almost twenty years after our Council introduced a Cabinet system in the year 2000, – Cllr Tim Prater on the 25th Sept 2019, put forward the following motion for the [...]
And yes, they get paid well to respond badly to information requests
Updated: 27/04/21 – @ 10:16 Make ’em laugh, Make ’em laugh. Don’t you know everyone wants to laugh? (Ha ha!). We and our public face – who is [...]
Use the Clean Air Act 1993 to study air pollution and child asthma link in our district
Air pollution does NOT discriminate. We all need to breathe. Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Air Quality Report 2020 states: Air pollution is associated [...]
Biodiversity on Royal Miltary Canal has increased for last 15 years
Twelve years prior to declaring a Climate & Ecological Emergency, in 2019, Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet [then known as Shepway Distrct [...]
Lethal levels of arsenic present on former Officers Mess Aerodrome Road Hawkinge site.
Updated: 01/04/21 @20:27 Land at the Former Officers Mess, Elvington Lane, Aerodrome Road Hawkinge purchased by Pentland Homes on 01/12/2020 for £2.5 million, according to [...]
How Princes Parade & Otterpool Park can educate us all.
The Clean Air Act 1993 is an amazing piece of legislation. It’s under utilised by those on our Council, who could use it to much greater effect to educate and inform us [...]
Shepway Green Party misinformation about Royal Military Canal
Updated: 17/03/21 @08:40 Charles Dickens put it most aptly when he said “Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted [...]
“Our House is still on fire” – Climate & Ecological Working Group continue to hide Environmental Information behind closed doors.
On Thursday 18th March, the Climate & Ecological Working Group will meet behind closed doors to discuss matters which affect our environment. It will be chaired by Cllr L [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council breaking Environmental Law
New evidence has emerged which shows Folkestone & Hythe District Council are in clear breach of environmental law and in particular the Environmental Permitting (England [...]
Actions must speak louder than words if we are to protect our wonderful environment.
On the 2nd May 2019, residents of the district elected five members of the Shepway Green Party. This is a party which alleges to be committed to improving our environment [...]