Allotment holders shouldn’t have to bail Kirklees Council out of its “financial mess”, a local councillor has said, as fees are set to drastically increase by up to 600 per cent next year.
As the council grapples with a £47m black hole in its budget and tries to save cash, prices are being upped for those who rent allotments from the local authority. Changes are also being made to the pensioner discount which will drop from 50 per cent to 25 per cent and come into effect when a person is 70 rather than at age 60 for women, or 65 for men as is the case currently.
Leader of Kirklees’ Green group, Councillor Andrew Cooper said: “In a cost of living crisis allotments are not a leisure activity they are a way of people being able to grow cheap food. This increase in allotment charges by Kirklees Council goes way beyond inflation. “Kirklees Council is getting allotment holders pay to help dig them out of the financial mess they find themselves in. You might expect an increase in charges but a 596 per cent hike in allotment charges is beyond the pale.
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