Local Government

Kent County Council Budget: Reform UK’s Debt Pledge and the Risks Behind the Numbers

February 13, 2026 // 0 Comments

After more than seven hours of debate at Sessions House, Reform UK passed its first ever Kent County Council budget — and did it with a political flourish that could not [...]

Freemasons in Local Government: How Secret Membership and £5bn Procurement Fraud Risk Are Undermining Trust in UK Councils

December 12, 2025 // 1 Comment

The government’s own anti-corruption documents and fraud figures leave little doubt: local government is now a frontline battleground against fraud and corruption – and [...]

Is this surprising? UK Local Government: About 75% of Britons Feel Little or No Influence Over Local Decisions

September 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

Only 23% of Britons say they have any influence over decisions in their local area. About three-quarters (75%) say they have little or no influence over local decisions; 23% [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Council Fraud Crisis: New Data Shows £100 Billion Lost Since 2010

June 9, 2025 // 0 Comments

More than £100 billion may have been lost to fraud, corruption, and mismanagement in UK local government over the past 15 years, according to a landmark investigation [...]

UK Councils Lose £8.8 Billion a Year to Fraud and Waste: Full Breakdown

June 8, 2025 // 3 Comments

An in-depth investigation into how local authorities are losing billions through procurement fraud, payroll scams, housing abuse and mismanagement—based on official [...]

Investigation: 49 FHDC Contracts Worth £28.6m Breached Procurement Rules — Standstill Period Abandoned, Oversight Missing

April 3, 2025 // 2 Comments

EXCLUSIVE — A Shepway Vox Team investigation has uncovered that Folkestone & Hythe District Council failed to apply the mandatory 10-day standstill period before [...]

Princes Parade: A Financial Dunkirk Of His Own Making!

March 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

The air in the Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s chamber was thick—thicker than the Channel’s infamous fog, a suffocating mix of bureaucratic inertia, impending [...]

Green led Council – Supported By Lib Dems & Reform – Deepen Residents Suffering

March 6, 2025 // 3 Comments

The situation facing residents of Folkestone & Hythe District led by Cllr Jim Martin (pictured) and his Green led administration is nothing short of a disgrace. A closer [...]

Where’s the £6m of exit package money gone?

January 12, 2025 // 0 Comments

The financial exit package data paid to employees leaving any of the Councils in Kent, including Medway, over the last three years, is wrong by more than £6m. Each year in [...]

Council misleading residents over financial exit packages by £323,000

December 4, 2024 // 1 Comment

Updated 4 Dec 2024 @ 15:03 Of course you’d believe it when we say Folkestone & Hythe District Council misleads you, wouldn’t you… Each year, the [...]

Privatization of Local Authority Audit responsible for failure to sign off whole of government accounts

November 27, 2024 // 0 Comments

The spending watchdog disclaims government’s accounts for 2022/23, for the first time. The reason: Local Government and there failure to produced audited accounts. How [...]

Council withdraw car parking charging proposals for Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe & New Romney High Streets.

November 15, 2023 // 1 Comment

Parking in our district is currently in the headlines. But something most of you didn’t know, and don’t know, is the Council is yet again in breach of the law and [...]

More contract irregularities even under new Green led administration

November 4, 2023 // 1 Comment

Who cares, who really cares? It is not as if we can say our Cllrs care. They are all too often reactive to situations, not proactive. Under the old regime we wrote frequently [...]

One household every five days placed into temporary accommodation out of Folkestone & Hythe District

September 5, 2023 // 1 Comment

In real life, poverty and dignity are not good bedfellows. Making good and clean floors are all well and good. But modern day virtues are easier to hold when you rise every [...]

More financial and contract irregularities at Folkestone & Hythe District Council

June 3, 2023 // 2 Comments

No matter how many times we write about financial and contract irregularities, Folkestone & Hythe District Council never seem to learn. As you may or many not know, the [...]

Council temporary staff costs rise to £1.6m and sets new all-time record

May 12, 2023 // 1 Comment

It’s a new record and by some margin. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £1,664,639 on temporary staff between April 22 and Mar 23. We predicted back in [...]

Council not publishing information in a timely manner

March 11, 2023 // 1 Comment

In Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s recently published Code of corporate governance it states at Part G: We comply with the local government transparency code [...]

You’re my Mate

February 13, 2023 // 4 Comments

“You’re my mate and I will stand by you” sang Right Said Fred, on their single released on the 6 August 2001, and no doubt Folkestone & Hythe District [...]

Fly-tipping in Folkestone & Hythe District rises 52%, the highest in Kent

January 31, 2023 // 3 Comments

The number of recorded fly-tipping incidents between 2020/21 and 2021/22, across the Folkestone & Hythe District has grown by 52%, according to the latest statistics [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Hidden Agenda’s and Fair Value

October 12, 2022 // 1 Comment

Ever since the first piece of land was purchased by the Council at Otterpool, in Dec 2015, for £5m from the Champney Brothers, the fair value of the land has risen by 540%, [...]

Veolia dispute £450,000 claim by Council over Waste Contract Fiasco

September 13, 2022 // 2 Comments

As we moved into June 2021, the issue of bins not being collected by Veolia, due to a “route optimisation project” began. Reported across social media and [...]

A witchhunt, a c*ck up, and an unofficial “reward scheme”

September 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

Updated – 13/09/22 @17:43 For starters we’ll serve up the c*ck up salad; followed by the main dish the reward scheme roast; and for deseret, a delightful witch [...]

Are Cllrs Monk, Field & the monitoring officer Amandeep Khroud acting with honesty & integrity?

May 24, 2022 // 3 Comments

On the 19th Nov 2021, we brought you the post: Cllr David Monk has a new occupation In the post we pointed out that Cllr David Drury Monk was a director in K B Occupational [...]

Flytipping increases 29% between 2019/20 and 2020/21 in The Garden of England

January 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

Fly-tipping is defined as the “illegal deposit of any waste on to land that does not have a licence to accept it”. Once again, the number of reported flytipping [...]

Council’s housing target failure gives hope for environment before the progress of concrete continues

December 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council [previously Shepway] has failed to meet its annual housing requirement target for ten of the past fourteen years. This a 71% failure [...]

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