Angela Rayner threatens allotments with war | Politics | News
Angela Rayner gave the councils to sell allocations to collect money with a condemned movement for “full disdain” for “valuable” green areas. The housing secretary gave “flexibility” to local authorities to sell some of their assets to finance daily expenditures. This includes parcels grown with love by thousands of British throughout the country.
In accordance with the 1925 allocation law, a local authority may not sell, use or throw the land for another use other than allocations without continuing the government. Since the effort was swept to Downing Street, Miss Rayner Personally, he shook his head for the sale of eight allocation fields England.
These include a couple in Sorrington, West Sussex, Ashfield in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Bolsover. Telegram.
The guidance published by the housing secretary on the sale of assets of the council in March includes the sale of school playgrounds.
Local Government Minister Jim McMahon said that the authorities can use revenues from “qualified” asset sales to finance the costs of projects aimed at saving or reducing the cost of providing services.
He said that the government expects all decisions to value for money and to benefit the locals.
A government spokesman said that when selling school playgrounds, it should only be in “absolutely necessary” places.
Shadow Housing Secretary Sir James Cleverly said that the government’s changes show “completely underestimated to protect precious green areas”.
He said: “Angela Rayner, giving green light to sell allocation of councils, a kick in the teeth of the local ring without access to their gardens.
He said: “In addition to the Workers’ Government, which encourages the councils to sell playgrounds, it shows the lazy building embrace on parks and green areas rather than the places where the houses need and desired.”
A government spokesman said councils have been allowed to disposal of certain sites since 2016.
“We know how important allocations are for communities, and therefore there are strict criteria to protect them and school playgrounds.”
