Breakdown insurers sceptical over £200m investment to fix potholes
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt pledged a further £200m to help tackle the pothole problem in Wednesday's budget, but breakdown insurers are sceptical over its effectiveness.
The £200m investment is for local authorities to repair potholes and improve roads. This is on top of the £500m allocated in the spending review every year to the potholes fund.
This increase
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