内容摘要：“I’m doing it all Republican,” she said. "The whole down ballot, Republican.”

“I’m doing it all Republican,” she said. "The whole down ballot, Republican.”

The issue was raised at a meeting of the council earlier this month, and it was discussed by the authority's corporate scrutiny committee on Thursday evening.Mary Kershaw, an allotment holder behind the petition, told members she had spoken to multiple holders who were unhappy with the service.

The waiting list for allotments in Bradford is currently 708. However, members heard this had fallen from 1,462 in February 2024.Tom Harte, senior surveyor on the council, whose remit includes allotments, said: "The same issues seem to come up again every five to 10 years. We need to break that cycle."The only way we can do that is by working with plot holders across the district."

Referring to claims the council was not supporting the service, he said the authority had recently awarded £300,000 funding to improve seven allotment sites: Haworth Road, Bowling Park, Bulroyd, Cecil Avenue, Derby Road, Harewood Street, and Stanacre.The fund could bring about 100 plots back into use.

A report to the committee said: "The Allotment Service has estimated that clearance work alone to a single plot will cost approximately £2,500 to return it to tenantable use."

The committee agreed to work with allotment holders to help shape the future of the servicewhat they called a lack of preparation and insufficient warnings.

Rhondda Cynon Taf council leader Andrew Morgan said environment body Natural Resources Wales (NRW) had data on high river levels for more than an hour before residents were alerted.NRW's head of South Wales Central operations David Letellier said the organisation's thoughts were with everyone affected, adding that it "took an active approach to communicating updates on the expected and actual impact".

He added: "In the lead up to any significant rainfall event, we work with our colleagues at the Met Office and the Flood Forecasting Centre, and use the modelling and forecasts available to us to ensure our teams are prepared and ready to respond."Our rainfall and river gauge network are also constantly in operation. Given the uncertainty around the potential impacts of this event, we took steps from Wednesday last week to make sure our response team rotas were well staffed and prepared to tackle whatever the storm would bring.