WHITEHALL
MPs brand local roads 'national embarrassment'
By Ellie Ames | 17 January 2025
MPs have called England’s local roads a ‘national embarrassment’ and accused the Department for Transport (DfT) of not taking its responsibility for the issue seriously enough.
AUTUMN BUDGET
Budget: £500m a year for local roads maintenance
By Dominic Browne | 30 October 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced an extra £500m a year for local roads maintenance from nex...
HIGHWAYS
Highway leaders warn of 'roadwork gridlock'
By William Eichler | 15 July 2024
Nearly two out of three local highway authority (LHA) leaders believe we are headed for a road an...
HIGHWAYS
Lib Dem £300m pothole pledge 'won't scratch the surface'
By William Eichler | 20 June 2024
The Lib Dems have committed to spending £300m over the next Parliament to fill 1.2 million pothol...
HIGHWAYS
Labour pledges to fix one million potholes
By William Eichler | 12 June 2024
One million potholes a year will be fixed if Labour is elected on 4 July, shadow transport secret...
HIGHWAYS
Half of cyclists say road conditions are dangerous
By Ellie Ames | 10 June 2024
A major local government insurer has warned that months of rain may have caused ‘some of the wors...
WHITEHALL
Auditors add to council biometric warnings
By Mark Conrad | 20 May 2024
A spending watchdog has echoed councils’ concerns that biometric entry requirements at UK ports c...
HIGHWAYS
The signs are bad
15 May 2024
There is good news for anyone losing sleep over the inexorable rise of AI-driven robots to overth...
HIGHWAYS
Parking pandemonium
30 April 2024
Nothing in the local government family stirs up more frustration than a heated dispute over parking.
WHITEHALL
Councils hold back cash plans on fixing potholes
By Chris Ames | 10 April 2024
One in seven eligible English highway authorities have failed to detail their plans for the Gover...
WHITEHALL
Government shelves rollout of council powers
By Chris Ames | 05 April 2024
The Department for Transport (DfT) has shelved the further rollout of powers for English councils...
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