Folkestone and Hythe District Council Ward Grant Application Forms 2019-20
Folkestone and Hythe District Councillors have up to £3,000 per Councillor they can agree as ward grants during the course of a year.
30 Jul 2019
Declaring a Climate Emergency in Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe District Council passed a motion declaring a Climate Emergency on Wednesday night. The motion was moved by the Green Party, with support from the Lib Dems and Labour. As ever. to win the debate, we'd need to persuade a member of the administration or two to back us, but we started full of hope...
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26 Jul 2019
Bin it, Don't Bag It...
I've seen, and had reported, a few examples recently of bin emptying where the bin bags are left by waste bins for subsequent collection, which are then attacked and ripped open (by seagulls, mainly). Thanks for the reports (you know who you are!).
25 Jul 2019
Let's Go Jo: A Message from the New Leader of the Liberal Democrats
I love this party.
JSLLD
22 Jul 2019
A Special Sort of Idiot
It takes a special kind of malicious idiot to vandalise a bench in a park. It stops other people using it, could see someone get hurt, and of course leads to a repair that will cost them, their neighbours, family and friends and everyone else tax money to repair it.
12 Jul 2019
Lib Dems reveal extent of ‘criminal’ Tory police cuts
Liberal Democrat analysis of new Home Office figures, published this week, has revealed that the Conservative Government cut...
11 Jul 2019
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