Part 5: Damp & Mould – “It’s not lifestyle”
He’s a keen amateur painter, but ever since, the issue of damp and mould in his home, he has been unable to paint, partly because the issue has affected his wellbeing, [...]
Overcharging
KCC close to bankruptcy while overcharging domicilary care clients
Kent County Council and Hampshire County Council in a joint letter letter to the Prime Minister – Rishi Sunak and the Chancellor of the Exchequeur – Jeremy Hunt, [...]
KCCs shocking failures in data protection and continued overcharging of clients receiving adult social care
Since Kent County Council employees have been working from home, there has been an sharp increase in the number of data breaches occurring. But it doesn’t stop there. [...]
Problems abound for Meritum domiciliary care company
Since we last last wrote about overcharging by a domiciliary care company – Meritum Intergrated Care LLP, there have been some further developments which customers [...]
KCC aware of overcharging for Adult Social Care in January 2021
Back in June 2021, we ran a post titled: Part 1: Overpayment of millions by KCC domiciliary service users due to call clipping ancedotal evidence suggests In July the Kent [...]
Dunning Kruger Effect Alive And Well At Folkestone & Hythe District Council
If you’ve ever dealt with someone whose performance stinks, and they’re not only clueless that their performance stinks but they’re confident that their performance is [...]
Part 3: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Financial Irregularities
In this final piece (for now) we look at at very specific part of the time line in the P & R potential £1.5 million pound fraud which came about as a result of failings [...]
EKH Chief Exec Deborah Upton Has Stepped Down
Updated: 16:40 East Kent Housing’s Chief Executive Deborah Upton (pictured) has stepped down from her role following a string of failures by the organisation. Well placed [...]
The End Of The Beginning For East Kent Housing
So the beginning ends. Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet has agreed in principal to withdraw from East Kent Housing and begin a consultation process with all [...]
P & R closes down, but we are NOT out of the woods yet.
After 15 months of continuous investigation by the Shepwayvox Team into P & R Installation Company Ltd, who won a £27 million pound contract with East Kent Housing; [...]
Part 2: East Kent Councils overcharged £1.5 million by Gas Contractor P & R.
We said way back in May 2018, fraud was happening on the Gas Contract. Now it comes to light P & R have been charging the four owners of EKH fraudently to the sum of [...]
Part 1: Is the Chief Executive of East Kent Housing, Deborah Upton, fit for purpose? You decide.
Deborah Josephine Upton (pictured) has a long history of contracts going pear-shaped on her watch. This has happened while she worked for Medway Council, Circle Housing and [...]
Serious disrepair and safety issues in Folkestone & Hythe District Council housing stock
“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 [...]
Further issues of possible non-compliance by East Kent Housing emerge
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, [...]
P & R lose £27 million contract due to overcharging.
EXCLUSIVE The Shepwayvox Team can exclusively reveal that P & R Installation Company Limited five year £27 million pound gas maintenance and installations contract with [...]
P & R could lose £6.3 million pound contract with Folkestone & Hythe District Council?
Exclusive Back in May, then in June and October of this year we made it clear there were issues with the P & R Gas Servicing & Heating Installation contract. In an [...]
Issues with East Kent Housing’s P & R boiler contract?
P & R’ Installation Co Ltd (P & R) £27 million pound contract managed by East Kent Housing for central heating, emergency 24/7 gas and hot water repair [...]