PM tells councils to 'get on with the job' of fixing potholes
TRANSPORT

PM tells councils to 'get on with the job' of fixing potholes

By William Eichler | 24 March 2025

Councils across the country will be required to publish annual progress reports on what they are doing to tackle potholes if they are to access £1.6bn of highway maintenance funding.

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 T...

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...

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