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- UK government raised council highway budgets to a record £1.6 billion for 2025-26 to fix potholes.
- Department for Transport’s June rules require English councils to prove active pothole repairs.
- Councils that fail could lose up to one-third of road-maintenance funding.
- RAC’s 2026 Report found 51 % of drivers list road condition as their biggest motoring concern.
- RAC head of policy Simon Williams warned 2026’s record heatwaves accelerate road cracking and pothole formation.