UK: Corbyn hits back at Rayner’s war on allotments
Former Labour leader and vegetable-growing fan accuses Housing Secretary of ‘trying to put a nail in the coffin’ of a long British tradition
By Tony Diver
The Telegraph
Aug 5, 2025
Excerpt:
Jeremy Corbyn has accused Angela Rayner of hammering a “nail in the coffin” of community allotments after she said councils could sell them off to raise money.
The former Labour leader criticised his former colleague after The Telegraph revealed she had agreed for eight allotments across England to be sold since last year’s general election.
Writing for The Telegraph, Mr Corbyn said the decision would “fill many with deep dismay” and accused Ms Rayner of making “the future of these precious spaces even more perilous”.
Praising the Diggers, English Civil War dissidents who sought common ownership of land, he said: “Is this government going to put the nail in the coffin of the joy of digging ground for potatoes on a cold, wet February Sunday afternoon?”
Mr Corbyn, who has recently turned his back on Labour to launch a new party, is a keen horticulturist and uses an allotment near his north London home.
He has said his favourite crop was marrows, and that time spent growing produce helped alleviate the stress of working in Westminster.
Ms Rayner has changed the rules on local government assets to give cash-strapped councils more “flexibility” to sell off land, including allotments and school playing fields.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/uk-corbyn-hits-back-at-rayners-war-on-allotments/
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