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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gwyn Topham and Jack Simpson

UK potholes and road defects have led to surge in callouts

A pothole in Buckinghamshire
The government has recently pledged to tackle the ‘scourge of potholes’ with money diverted from cutting HS2. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock

Britain’s potholed roads caused a surge in vehicle breakdowns last year, according to motoring organisations, which said related callouts were at their highest level for at least five years.

Figures from the AA and RAC breakdown services recorded substantial increases as a result of the state of the roads, which the government recently pledged to tackle with money diverted from cutting the HS2 high-speed railway project.

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