sparks Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Here's a small example of how Camoron's scheme will work... We have a small allotment (5 rods), and up until recently the 'rent' was a small amount, as Council's are obliged to provide the land. However, we've just had a 33% increase. Now £50 doesn't sound a lot, but what is planned is... We have just been told that they plan to put it up to just under £500 UNLESS people run it themselves...in return the 'rent' will only go up to £100, and thus the council are trying to claim that we will be saving ourselves nearly £400. Of course they were reluctant to reveal that the present cost of running the plots is only £58 per unit (so not much of a subsidy anyway), and any services that we will be forced to purchase from them will not be at cost, but at inflated rates. As a result, we have estimated that even with no-one getting paid for their work in running/maintaining the plots, it will cost approx £150 per plot for those 'services'...the very same ones that cost £58 to run at present including all wages! And the reason it's all changing? Well apparently growing food is now a 'leisure activity'..... :Furious: I'd like to see the f*cking councillors come down and see how much work is required to get a few hundred quids worth of Veg ... Unfortunately though my idea of dumping bags of manure and rotted vegetables at the town hall was considered a tad radical by the association....we'll see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dead Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I noticed something like this on the news other week were the local council is putting up the rents on the allotments wasn't yours was it ?. http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/8896135.Gardeners_hit_by_allotment_fee_increase/ The one above wasn't what was on the news other week but it looks like it's happening every where m8 so much for the big society Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Not ours, but you're right - it's happening everywhere.. And this is just a taster - over the next financial year it'll hit a myriad of 'services'.. Effectively what is happening is the rolling back of everything we've gained since WWII... Roll on the revolution! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alloneword Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 We had this as well on London News last week about a certain borough (can't remember which one) but adds weight to Sparks point, big society "my a r s e" more like big stich up. All1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 We had this as well on London News last week about a certain borough (can't remember which one) but adds weight to Sparks point, big society "my a r s e" more like big stich up. All1 Is Barnet the one you're thinking of? Draconian rent rises and greedy councils A 300% rise... But the relevant bit is just the same as here... The council also says the its 300 per cent rent rises will only bring in an extra £14,000 a year from its 3,000 allotment holders because it expects many of allotments to become self-governing. That admission makes it clear that Barnet's rent rises are not really about raising cash to meet budget problems, but are a crude attempt to force allotment holders into accepting self-governing status. Giving allotment holders a genuine choice of becoming independent from local authority control is one thing. But inflicting draconian financial penalties on those that don't seems grossly unfair. ALL local services are likely to go this way over the next few years unless people fight back.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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