Whilst I wouldn’t claim to be an expert in every aspect of local government and how it is organised, I do have over 25 years of experience to draw from when it comes to how local authorities operate.

Car insurance pothole claims continue to rise with 2024 seeing a 14% hike on 2023, according to new data from Admiral. The car insurance provider says pothole claims have rocketed 62% in the past two ...

These include county-wide authorities such as Tory-controlled Hampshire ... where he claims a pothole on the high street has gone ignored by Hertfordshire county council. He said: “As a biker ...

In Shropshire, the council recorded 38,505 potholes during 2024, with 35,850 being repaired. And it had to pay out £167,182 to motorists in compensation claims. This, the local authority says ...

WITH recent headline news around devolution and local government reorganisation, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this has taken our attention away from the County Council’s core duties ...

An oft-repeated myth is that potholes form through a combination of surface ... which responded to a Freedom of Information request, Surrey County Council had the biggest increase in pothole claims, ...

Hampshire County Council has spent more than £4m on compensation for public liability claims between 2020 and 2024, new figures show.

Cllr Sean Holden, who chairs the scrutiny committee for highways and transport at Kent County Council ... when they go to claim (compensation), it's not there." Potholes form when water seeps ...

Matt Furniss, Surrey County Council's Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Economic Growth, said: "Adopting this technology will mean we can proactively log and fix potholes, helping to ...

Plymouth City Council disputes the DfT findings and claims it has carried out extensive pre-patching/prep work to fix potholes which ... DfT data showed Norfolk County Council was found to be ...

An extra £1.5m will be given to Swindon Borough Council to fix potholes, but the authority says more money is needed. The government funding will help the council "ramp-up" its resurfacing jobs ...