Shepway Council are consulting on the introduction of a Controlled Parking Zone in Central Folkestone, which would see all residents who wish to park on streets near their home pay for a new parking permit.
The Government has published a consultation paper on moving the date of the Local Elections (counties and unitaries) to coincide with the Euro elections on 4th June. The full consultation paper is at http://tinyurl.com/46aszm
Shepway District Council Leader, Robert Bliss, has made changes to the Conservative Cabinet - just seven days after announcing his cabinet to the Council's AGM! The re-shuffle moves some responsibilities and sees Malcolm Dearden promoted to the cabinet, and Shirley Newlands leave it. Rory Love loses the key environment and parking portfolio,
The people of Sandgate will be able to have their say on whether their local council should be a parish or town administration in a poll on 12 June. Sandgate Council's annual meeting on 13 May called for the poll, which will ask people to vote yes or no to the following question:
Strike action by French fishermen has led to the implementation of Operation Stack on the M20 in Kent to ease jams caused by Dover-bound lorries. The Port of Dover to all ferry traffic after the ports of Calais, Dunkirk and Boulogne were blockaded, and there have been no sailings since 6am.
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary spokesman for Folkestone & Hythe, Neil Matthews, has joined Liberal Democrats from across the country in helping in the Party's campaign in Henley-on-Thames. Henley faces a by-election following the election of MP Boris Johnson as the Mayor of London, and the Liberal Democrats are the clear challengers to the Conservatives for the seat.
Ministers are to consider plans for a database of electronic information holding details of every phone call and e-mail sent in the UK, it has emerged. The plans, reported in the Times, are at an early stage and may be included in the draft Communications Bill later this year, the Home Office confirmed.
Folkestone East ward Councillor Anthony Dunning has resigned from the Liberal Democrats, and the Liberal Democrat group on Shepway District Council. Anthony's stated intention, laid out in a letter handed to the leader of the Lib Dem group following the Shepway Council AGM on 14 May, is to join the Conservatives.
Sandgate residents are questioning the validity of the vote taken at the Sandgate Town Council AGM on Tuesday evening that saw Geoffrey Boot become elected as Sandgate Mayor.
Well over 100 Sandgate residents attended the Sandgate Town Meeting at Sandgate Library on Tuesday evening to call for a referendum on changing Sandgate back from a "Town" administration to a "Parish" one. The referendum was agreed after a huge vote in support at the meeting.
Harbour Councillor Sue Wallace is furious after Shepway Council keep failing to properly clear up the Folkestone seafront and harbour area, and especially at the foot of Folkestone's Road of Remembrance at the back of Marine Terrace.
Works were due to start on the M20 on 6th May in both directions between junction 11 & 12 (Hythe to Folkestone) and are expected to last 13 weeks. The works are being carried out to allow for a moveable barrier machine to be used for the implementation of Phase 1 of Operation Stack.