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The future of allotments secure

The Department responds to the claim in the Independent on Sunday that the review of local government’s statutory duties could threaten the …

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) and The Rt Hon Greg Clark
• Published: 1 May 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The Department responds to the claim in the Independent on Sunday that the review of local government’s statutory duties could threaten the future of allotments.

A spokesperson for the Department for Communities and Local Government said:

This is simply untrue we will not remove statutory protections for allotments or any frontline services. However the Government is reviewing old and unnecessary duties imposed on councils in order to free them up from Whitehall red tape and as part of this we have published the full list of duties which includes allotments.

Published 1 May 2011