Category: Road safety

‘In a rut’: cost of fixing pothole-plagued roads in England and Wales soars to £17bn

Despite the government pledging extra funds and one hole being filled every 18 seconds, motoring groups say situation looks ‘bleak’ for driversThe cost of fully fixing the pothole-plagued local roads of England and...

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Call for stricter rules to stop UK MPs repeating conspiracy theories

Demos report come after two ministers publicised unverified claims about low-traffic neighbourhood schemes Politicians should be subject to stricter rules on spreading disinformation or wild claims for which there is scant...

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Rishi Sunak claims putting reducing inflation ahead of tax cuts Thatcherite and ‘deeply Conservative’ – UK politics live

Prime minister says ‘the best tax cut we can give is to cut inflation’ after Michael Gove says taxes should be cut before general electionThe BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is starting. As well as Rishi...

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Axing most winter fuel payments would break Tory manifesto promise, says Labour – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereUK sanctions have been imposed on Russian officials involved in “sham” elections in annexed Ukrainian territory, the Foreign Office has...

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‘Dangerous’ American XL bully dogs to be banned by end of year, says Sunak – UK politics live

PM says breed, responsible for series of attacks, will be banned once it has been properly definedHere is the full text of what Rishi Sunak said in his video statement about banning American XL bully dogs. (See 11.50am.)The...

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‘Dangerous’ American XL bully dogs to be banned by the end of the year, says Sunak – UK politics live

The PM says the breed, responsible for a series of attacks, will be banned once it has been properly definedHere is the full text of what Rishi Sunak said in his video statement about banning American XL bully dogs. (See...

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