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    Andy, the problem is that for years the DHB has refused to financially support any cause whatsoever that might help and improve Dover because they have said that they are forbidden by their constitution and foundational documents from spending even one penny outside the port. Now they have suddenly donated 2% of their pre-tax profits well outside the port in contradiction to everything they have ever said before. What is true - they cannot spend a single penny outside the port or they can and have chosen to spend public money in support of an already cash and asset rich charity instead of being a good corporate citizen?

    DHB have donated this money whilst being a publicly owned corporation without reference to their stakeholders and in contravention of their position when requested for financial assistance on every occasion over at least the last 10 years. That is what is contentious.

    If you were an employee of the port and among those who have just been told that they are redundant now, how would you feel about this donation?

    If you were a ferry company and had just been told that from July next year you'll be paying a tariff increase nearly double inflation having been forced to pay above inflation increases for the last 5 years, how would you feel about this donation?

    If you were a tenant in a DHB property and had just been told that your lease was going to sky rocket, how would you feel about this donation?

    If you were a small Dovorian charity who had just recently been turned down for a couple of hundred pounds support because 'DHB cannot spend even one penny outside the port', how would you feel about this donation?

    Jan, the bit of cliffs owned by the DHB are still owned by the DHB and, in case of private sale, would currently transfer to the new owner upon completion of sale. However, much may change over the intervening period between any announcement over the future of the port and the completion of any changes engendered by that announcement.

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