Commons committee chairman says local roads are ‘riddled with potholes’

Local road conditions in England are worsening but the Department for Transport (DfT) has shown ‘too little interest’ in what difference its funding makes, MPs said (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

Local road conditions in England have been branded “a national embarrassment” by the head of a House of Commons committee.

Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, who chairs the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), warned that road users are being put at risk from “highways riddled with potholes”.