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Folkestone & Hythe District Council grant Planning Permission for Princes Parade

July 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

Yesterday evening we received the follow news from the Treasurer and Membership Secretary of the Save Princes Parade Group. “Regrettably I have to inform you that today [...]

Cllr David Wimble committing fraud?

July 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

According to the vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cllr David Wimble, Cabinet Member for the District Economy (pictured) who represents [...]

Serious disrepair and safety issues in Folkestone & Hythe District Council housing stock

July 17, 2019 // 6 Comments

“I feel trapped.” “Nobody is listening to me – that’s what it feels like.” “My mental health is going downhill rapidly due to this,” are just some of [...]

Paramount Independent Property Services making millions out of ‘by the night’ flats for Kent’s homeless

July 15, 2019 // 1 Comment

Nightly let rates are more lucrative for the supplier since they can earn up to a £1,000 more per month At the end of June we brought you the post ” Firms make [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £5 million on Consultants for Princes Parade & Otterpool Park

July 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £5 million on consultants for Princes Parade & Otterpool Park since March 2016. Both sites which our council wish to [...]

Michael Stainer bailed to appear in Canterbury Crown Court

July 10, 2019 // 6 Comments

Michael Stainer has been sent for trial to Canterbury Crown Court on a charge of a breach of the Malicious Communications Act 1988, following an email he is alleged to have [...]

F&HDC know the price of everything and the value of nothing

July 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

It’s absolutely phenomenal. The value of Princes Parade, Hythe has risen dramatically. In March 2018, the land was worth a maximum of £80,000. After Princes Parade [...]

Local Tories Meet Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP at Rocksalt

July 8, 2019 // 3 Comments

This morning the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP (pictured) and Former Brexit Secretary came to Folkestone. He had been invited by the local Conservative Party as part of the Back [...]

The Long Read: Vigilantes or Crime Stoppers? The Two Faces of FAPAC. (Part 1 & 2)

July 6, 2019 // 7 Comments

Fair Play and FAPAC: Crime Prevention or Vigilantism? Lucky Dover residents now enjoy the protection of one of the first Business Crime Reduction Partnerships (BCRP) in the [...]

Time to go follow the money

July 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

While the Councils of East Kent publish reports on how rubbish East Kent Housing were at administering the P & R Installation Company Ltd contract, let’s not lose [...]

Further issues of possible non-compliance by East Kent Housing emerge

July 3, 2019 // 2 Comments

An East Kent Internal Audit makes clear there are justifiable concerns over the gas safety certificates fiasco. The preliminary findings of the audit into East Kent Housing, [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council senior management handsomely rewarded for failure

June 30, 2019 // 2 Comments

The top three tiers of management at Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) have been handsomely rewarded for their failure to manage and oversee the Swale [...]

Brits most ‘stopped and checked’ for immigration crimes they can’t commit

June 29, 2019 // 2 Comments

Data suggests racial profiling across all Kent postcodes. Home Office data uncovered by a Shepwayvox Team investigation suggests that immigration officers have used racial [...]

All 4 East Kent Councils paid P & R for fraudulent Gas Safety Certificates

June 28, 2019 // 2 Comments

Yesterday -27th June 2019 Dover District Council Governance Committee met and part of the agenda pack at pages 18 and 19 states: Discussions were started with the contractor [...]

Firms make hundreds of thousands out of ‘by the night’ flats for Folkestone & Hythe homeless

June 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has paid hundreds of thousands of pound between April 2018 and May 2019 to companies who provided them with ” self-contained [...]

The Long Read: All 4 East Kent Chief Executives should resign over Gas Safety Certificate fiasco

June 22, 2019 // 9 Comments

All Cllrs of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe & Thanet District Councils ought to bring a motion before their respective full councils regarding the lack of [...]

KCC trough feeding Cllrs receive £2 million in Allowances & Expenses

June 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

The trough feeders at Kent County Council all 81 elected Councillors have cost the Kent ratepayer nearly £2 million pounds in allowances & expenses for 2018/19. Below [...]

Half Truths by Dr Priest at Overview & Scrutiny Committee? You decide

June 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

At last night’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee, Cllr Tim Prater (Lib Dem), Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Green) and Cllr Laura Davison (Lab) did themselves proud by probing [...]

The End for Mr Anderson of East Kent Housing

June 17, 2019 // 6 Comments

Good journalism they say changes things. It has come to pass that the Director of Property Services at East Kent Housing, Mr Mark Anderson (pictured) has lost his job – [...]

A tragedy waiting to happen

June 15, 2019 // 5 Comments

When land becomes more important than thousands of people’s safety then something is wrong, horribly wrong. On the 6th June 2019 Cllr Tim Prater (pictured below) and [...]

Procedure to introduce a Controlled Parking Zone

June 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

On Tuesday 16/04/2019 the Overview & Scrutiny Committee met at the Civic Centre. On the agenda was the Call-in Report – Reconsideration of Decision 18/076. Officer [...]

East Kent Councils failing hundreds of tenants over gas safety checks

June 12, 2019 // 9 Comments

Hundreds of council tenants lives are being put at significant risk due to their landlords not undertaking compulsory gas safety checks. Hundreds of Council homes owned by [...]

Our public face curbs our Council’s right to charge for Environmental Information

June 10, 2019 // 5 Comments

On Sept 13th 2017, the Cabinet recommended that charging for Environmental Information would become mandatory. Report Number C-17-35 set out Shepway District Council’s [...]

Part 2: Racism against Travellers and Gypsies is still permissible – even in Folkestone & Hythe District

June 7, 2019 // 6 Comments

a YouGov/Traveller Movement survey, released in Oct 2017, found that more than 40% of British parents polled would be unhappy with a close relative forming a relationship [...]

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 [...]

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