£18.6 billion to fix England's roads and rising: councils fill 1.9 million potholes a year, the roads get worse anyway, and three in four drivers who claim get nothing
A record £18.62 billion to put local roads right, after a year in which councils filled 1.9 million potholes, the same as the year before. Breakdowns up 15%, claims up 91%, three in four refused. We rated all 154 highway authorities and read 51 of their own reports.