Universal Credit Claims In Kent Climb 46% in One Month
The number of people claiming Universal Credit in Kent increased by the most since records began in April to reach almost 118,000 thousand, according to official figures [...]
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Council snap up Debenhams and debt repayment rises by 184% on £60 million of commercial investments
So as our public face predicted in April 2019 the Council have bought the former Debenhams building for a mark up of 2,482% and increased its debt repayments for it’s [...]
The Great Escape: the Remake
As Michael Stainer (again) and Hallam Estates, the company he set up in 1995 to keep control of the Grand, both slide towards insolvency under the burden of £500,000 of [...]
Unleashing The Herd
As of today the Governments new guidance on being outdoors comes into effect. It makes it clear that: From today, you are allowed to spend more time outdoors Are will be [...]
Coronavirus Kent In Five Graphs
The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics compiled weekly and as such likely to be more accurate of what is truly happening in the county were released today. [...]
How many of the 25,000 companies in Kent, eligible for covid grants, will survive the crisis?
Within in twelve local authority districts in Kent, 25,377 businesses have been identified by the councils as within the scope to receive either the Small Business Grants [...]
More missing flats – another mystery at the Grand
At a time when our local council is haemorrhaging cash at an alarming rate, and revenues have plummeted, the income from business and domestic rates is vital to maintain [...]
Rural Areas in Folkestone & Hythe District Still Receiving Slow Internet Speeds Nearly Two Years On.
Nearly 60% of people living on Romney Marsh do not receive broadband speeds of 10 Megabytes per second (Mbps). On Average 51% of the district receive download speeds of [...]
Coronavirus Kent In Seven Graphs
All the data in the seven graphs below come from the Office of National Statistics released on the 5th May and show the place of death by local authority, up until April [...]
Coronavirus Kent: Covid-19 Deaths rise by 39% in One Week
Deaths from covid-19 in Kent & Medway have increased by 39% in just one week according to the latest data released by the Office of National Statistics today. In the last [...]
Watchdog to examine Kent Councils £373 Million Property Investment Spree
With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is the announcement by [...]
Council’s Costs to Defend Princes Parade Judicial Review, Rise by Staggering 85%.
Since we last reported on payments made by Folkestone & Hythe District Council to their Solicitors’s of choice – Attwells Solicitors LLP – to defend [...]
Why are Cllr Lesley Whybrow & FHDC failing to release air quality data which is relevant to the current pandemic?
High levels of air pollution NO² (Nitrogen Dioxide) is “one of the most important contributors” to deaths from Covid-19, according to research in Europe and the USA. The [...]
Congratulations – Folkestone & Hythe District Council Spend £1.3 million On Temporary Staff in 19/20
They’ve smashed it. We said they would, we knew they would and they didn’t let us down. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent more money on Temporary Staff [...]
District homeless housed in B&B’s where county line gang members operating from during covid-19 crisis
County line gang members are operating from B&B rooms in the district where Folkestone & Hythe District Council have housed vulnerable homeless people during the [...]
Free Handouts or a Genuine Lifeline? How Councils are ‘Managing’ the COVID-19 Financial Support Programme
Deserted streets, closed or shuttered shops, hotels and restaurants. It’s like a scene from any one of a dozen end of the world movies. The one though, that leaps to mind [...]
Clapping Is Welcome, Now Pay Us a Decent Wage Say Carers.
“I’d love a pay rise. The ultimate owner of our care home got £2.5 million last year. Me no pay rise at all.” Kent Care Worker 19/04/20 In 2016 we wrote [...]
Coronavirus: Let’s Not Forget The Animals in The District
With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is animal welfare and the [...]
RIP Aimee O’Rourke
We did not know Aimee O’Rourke, nor do we suspect did many of you. Aimee was a 39-year-old nurse who worked at the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, [...]
A Little Bit Of Good News
There is good news, those that go into hospital with Covid-19 do come out. It’s not all about deaths, even though the mass media seem absolutely locked onto these [...]
Help & Assistance on Universal Credit
“Every little helps” so the Tesco’s adverstising logo says; and at a time when many across the Folkestone & Hythe District will have to claim Universal [...]
Whose Life To Save?
Amid concerns that patient demand could outstrip NHS supply in the fight against COVID-19, there is trepidation the elderly and vulnerable will not be prioritised in [...]
Kent Police Have Chosen NOT To Use Their Drones During Covid-19 Lockdown
At the beginning of covid-19 lockdown there was drone footage appearing across the national press of people seemingly flouting the lockdown. One instance was the people [...]
A Fantastic Effort By Folkestone & Hythe District Council Staff
They’ve been amazing! Yes, Folkestone & Hythe District Council staff have been incredible as they have paid out over £8 million in government business grants to [...]
“Zoom is malware” and Folkestone & Hythe District Council & Town & Parish Councils Intend To Use It.
It has been brought to our attention that Folkestone & Hythe District Council have trialed Zoom – a video conferencing with real-time messaging and content [...]