New Romney and Its Perfect Cousins
There are few things more revealing in local government than a row about street sweeping. Not because it is glamorous. Quite the opposite. When residents start arguing over [...]
Veolia
Veolia operative sacked for bribery & three suspended.
Veolia, have a £40m contract with Folkestone & Hythe District Council & Dover District Council. The Contract is to collect, household refuse, food waste and garden [...]
Rubbish Council proposes reduction of litter bins and street cleaning in Folkestone & Hythe
After a rapid U turn on putting parking charges on the high streets of Folkestone, Hythe & New Romney, the council is now proposing reducing the number of litter bins [...]
Is the Council allowing Veolia to defraud local ratepayers?
Updated: 8 Sept 2023 @ 10:31am In our last post about the failure of Veolia to undertake street cleansing properly, are the Council allowing them to defraud the local [...]
Green led FHDC is failing to comply with Environmental Protection Act 1990 says auditor.
Updated: 8 Sept 2023 @10:25am Damning evidence in an independent Audit report concludes that Folkestone & Hythe District Council, a Green led council, is failing in its [...]
Veolia dispute £450,000 claim by Council over Waste Contract Fiasco
As we moved into June 2021, the issue of bins not being collected by Veolia, due to a “route optimisation project” began. Reported across social media and [...]
Garden Waste rebate set at a tenner and you won’t see a penny of it
The council rebate to all subscribers of the garden waste service will be £9.70, according to a report being sent to Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet [...]
Veolia Fiasco: What a Waste.
No they didn’t see it. Yes they should have seen it, but it was for some inexplicable reason withheld from them. How do the Councillors who sit on the Task & Finish [...]
Dangerous Pavements and Rampant Weeds blighting our beautiful district
“Appearance Matters” so said Cllr David Monk (Con), Leader of Folkestone & Hythe District Council at a full council meeting on the 19 Sept 2018. Since then he [...]
In the beginning nine Cabinet Members created the £40 million Veolia Waste Contract Fiasco
On July 22nd 2020, the Cabinet of Folkestone & Hythe District Council met to discuss and award the new waste contract. Agenda Item 28 and 29 (The Waste Project 2021 [...]
£40 million Veolia Waste Contract investigation will not be held in public
The Council set up an Overview and Scrutiny Waste contract Task and Finish Group to investigate the Veolia Waste Contract Fiasco, which led to thousands of homes NOT having [...]
Council restricting access rights of all residents to inspect their accounts.
Folkestone & Hythe District Council , like all other councils must open their annual accounts to allow the public to inspect them. Unfortunately, our Council are not [...]
The Overview & Scrutiny Committee Inquisition into the £40 million waste contract cock up has begun
It was a miracle, whether divine or not is impossible to say. On Tuesday 15th June at 6.30pm at the Overview & Scrutiny Committee, the number of apologies from Cllrs [...]
More contractual woes at the Council
The stupidity of alleged professionals who receive generous salaries and work for Folkestone & Hythe District Council, never ceases to amaze us. Once again these alleged [...]
Council issue Veolia with two week ultimatum to turn round £40 million waste contract fiasco
Updated: 11/06/21 @ 20:05 Empty vessels, they say, make most noise and actions speak louder than words. On Wednesday 9th June Cllr Stuart Peall (Con), Cabinet Member [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s £40 million pound waste contract fiasco
It’s a £40 million pound fiasco. For the second time in less than six weeks Folkestone & Hythe District Council have been forced to apologise for the poor service [...]
The Long Read: Overview & Scrutiny must follow the council pound and roar.
It is the committee which can allow citizens to have a greater say in Council matters, by holding public inquiries into matters of local concern. Such concerns might be a [...]
Talking rubbish.
Today we want to talk rubbish, or more to the point about rubbish bins and the impact of Shepway District Council’s (SDC) decision to charge you, the residents, for [...]