The view was being put forward that councils should stop funding Allotments amongst other leisure activities ...
A clip of the relevant piece is available for a while here at http://daveyboi.com/clip/pol.html
Please note the video quality is poor as I posted it for the sound track.
One thing I noticed missing in the piece is the statutory duty to provide a lot of these services.
I would guess every allotment site should become self managed where ever possible but one thing that never seems to be taken into account when we moan about council costs is that of the purchase / lease of the land.