Susan Priest

Congratulations – Folkestone & Hythe District Council For Setting Yet Another Record

February 27, 2020 // 4 Comments

They’ve done it and with two months to spare. We said they would, we knew they would and they didn’t let us down. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have [...]

Part 3: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Financial Irregularities

January 4, 2020 // 4 Comments

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 [...]

Part 2: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Financial Irregularities.

January 2, 2020 // 5 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council are looking for a new statutory s151 Officer. According to the Candidate Breifing Pack on Penna Recruitment & the [...]

One fifth of Council Housing stock not fit for purpose

September 13, 2019 // 3 Comments

On the 5th June, 2017 a report to the East Kent Housing (EKH) board (page 99) made it explicitly clear that “the level of non-decent homes currently stood at around [...]

For your eyes only: Appendix 3 Audit report for East Kent Housing (EKH) – tenant health and safety

September 10, 2019 // 2 Comments

Exclusive: The Shepwayvox Team can now publish the damning report which was restricted from the public and East Kent Housing Tenants. Over the next few days we will be coming [...]

East Kent Housing: Major failings and historic mismanagement rewarded with £110,000 a year

September 9, 2019 // 4 Comments

Appendix 3: Audit report for East Kent Housing (EKH) – tenant health and safety is a restricted document, as such it will not be available for the public to see, nor EKH [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Unhealthy work environments

March 27, 2019 // 6 Comments

Although anxiety, depression and work-related stress can be connected, they are different things. It is important to recognize that anxiety and depression are clinical health [...]

Biggins Woods financial viability assessment – Here we go again.

December 29, 2018 // 2 Comments

At the end of October we brought you the post – A victory for the public interest In short it was about trying to secure via the Environmental Information Regulations, [...]

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 [...]

A Victory for the Public Interest.

October 31, 2018 // 6 Comments

EXCLUSIVE Our public face sent his Environmental Information Request to the Council on the 6th Jan 2017. Yesterday 31st Oct 2018, the First Tier Tribunal (General [...]

A distinct lack of substance in the local Tory Party.

October 1, 2018 // 2 Comments

Dire Straits is what it is, financial dire straits to be precise. In a meeting of the local executive of Folkestone & Hythe Conservative Association on Friday 28th Sept [...]

Roman Assets: Pensand House & Marlborough Court, Hythe and 3 & 4 Dalby Square Margate

September 25, 2018 // 2 Comments

EXCLUSIVE During the Yeltsin Presidency (1991 – 1999) of the Russian Federation, privatization of the state led to a lot of people become very wealthy. This was [...]

“Full investigation” into money laundering concerns around Pensand House & Marlborough Court

September 23, 2018 // 1 Comment

Nationwide Building Society will begin a “prompt and full investigation” into concerns raised with them regarding money laundering around the initial deposit and [...]

Part 2: Ownership of Pensand House & Marlborough Court

September 21, 2018 // 4 Comments

The Russian Federation claim in a legal case there was money laundering, embezzlement and fraud. This is supported by evidence in a well researched book; whose two authors [...]

Otterpool Park update

August 5, 2018 // 2 Comments

At 20:37 on Dec 6th 2017, Dr Susan Priest, then Corporate Director – Strategic Development of Shepway District Council (SDC) – now Folkestone & Hythe District [...]

On Street Parking

June 14, 2018 // 4 Comments

Parking is an issue which many of you feel strongly about. Folkestone & Hythe District Council state there has been a substantial increase from on street & off street [...]

Incompetence? You decide.

June 3, 2018 // 2 Comments

The beancounters at Folkestone & Hythe District Council have outdone themselves this year. Yet again Councillors allowances and expenses now show three different figures [...]

Otterpool Update: Homes England pay £9 million for land at Lympne Airfield.

May 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

On the 18th March we brought you the story that Homes England had purchased the land at the former Lympne Airfield. We can now tell you that Homes England have paid £9 [...]

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