Monitoring Officer

Is another Tory Folkestone & Hythe District Councillor on the fiddle?

June 5, 2019 // 7 Comments

Yesterday we brought you the Cllrs allowances and expenses in three graphs. Now we will drill down into the detail of each Cllrs allowances and expenses claims, as submitted [...]

Princes Parade Hythe: Business Plan comes before Overview & Scrutiny on the 12th Feb

February 5, 2019 // 1 Comment

The Princes Parade Business plan will be heard by the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday 12th February and then go onto Cabinet on the 13th February. There have [...]

Defending the public interest

December 23, 2018 // 3 Comments

The Public Interest needs defending. But who does it need defending from? Folkestone & Hythe District Council and Councillor Russell Tillson, that’s who. In the [...]

Former Cllr Peter William Simmons

May 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

Too many of us no doubt believe that Councillors are a law unto themselves in our District. This in part could be supported by the fact the Monitoring Officer of Folkestone [...]

Police to Talk to Shepway District Councillor.

December 2, 2017 // 3 Comments

EXCLUSIVE: Cllr Roger Wilkins (pictured) was first elected to Shepway District Council in 2011 for the Dymchurch & St Mary’s Bay seat. He received 1,233 votes and [...]

Cllr Russell Douglas Tillson

October 30, 2017 // 3 Comments

Cllr Russell Douglas Tillson (pictured below) was first elected to Shepway District Council as a Cllr for the Dymchurch & St. Marys Bay Ward in 2007 with 846 votes. He [...]

Expenses Investigation Report after 7 Months. What do you Think?

February 17, 2016 // 2 Comments

In July 2015 the public face of Shepwayvox got hold of all Cllrs expenses and as a team we waded through them. We discovered significant anomalies and began to post [...]

Inappropriate Expenses Claim Investigation, at last.

December 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

So we know Cllr Simmons(pictured) will have to return the money. Will SDC report him to the Police for false accounting? Or Abuse of Position? Both of these being possible [...]

Cllr David “Drury” Monk 2

December 3, 2015 // 1 Comment

On the 15th May 2015 Folkestone Town Councillor David Drury Monk (pictured) informs the Monitoring Officer [MO] that he has no home, see Register of interest for David [...]

SDC’s Investigation into Cllrs Expenses, behind closed doors.

November 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

SDC’s investigation into Cllrs Inappropriate Expenses Claims will be dealt with behind closed doors. An Extraordinary Audit and Standards Committee has been announced [...]

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