Local Government

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

September 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Cllr David Monk has a new occupation

November 19, 2021 // 5 Comments

He’s been a double glazing salesman, a Cllr since 1995; and now he has a new occupation as an Occupational Therapist, since July 2021. Yes, Cllr David Drury Monk, [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Costs rise to £66 million and not a single house built.

November 19, 2021 // 4 Comments

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine ownself be true, And it [...]

Princes Parade Update: Costs, Contracts & Vindictive Behaviour by FHDC

November 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity in Folkestone & Hythe District Council.

October 28, 2021 // 1 Comment

One does not have to do anything to make Folkestone & Hythe District Council look stupid or incompetent, they are quite capable of doing that all on their own. For those [...]

Nearly One in Four Council Meetings held behind closed doors

October 27, 2021 // 2 Comments

Since the local elections of May 2019, which ushered in 13 Tory Cllrs, 6 Labour Cllrs (one later became an Independent) 6 Green Cllrs and 2 Lib Dem Cllrs, 2 UKIP Cllrs [...]

Council accidentally release Covid Grant data

September 17, 2021 // 4 Comments

Curiosity killed the cat – Anon Honestly you would have thought they’d learnt by now, but no. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have committed another faux [...]

Council’s benefit algorithm is secretive, unevidenced, incredibly invasive and more likely than not discriminatory and unlawful

July 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems and algorithmic decision-making are mainstays of every sector of the global economy. From search engine recommendations and advertising [...]

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