Rishi Sunak announces ‘more money for potholes’ while on visit to town

YOU’D think coping with a fiscal black hole was hard enough — but yesterday other holes were on Rishi Sunak’s mind.

“We’re announcing more money for potholes,” the PM said on a visit to Darlington — although there is unlikely to be extra cash on top of the £200million announced in the Budget.

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He also said utility companies would be penalised for leaving streets in poor condition.

He hopes that will make things a hole lot better.

Mr Sunak said: “There’ll be more fines, more inspections, that’s also going to help. We want to make sure it’s easy for people to get around.”

The “performance-based inspections regime” he was referring to was announced in May last year.

Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh, accused the Government of “playing catch up after its own failures have left UK roads crumbling”.

“In 2021 the Prime Minister vowed to make potholes a thing of the past, but his decisions have left millions of them on our roads,” the Labour MP said.

“This is too little too late for the communities across the country paying the price for his broken promises.”