So the AA president Edmund King makes this statement:
"Arguably the road network is a local council's biggest asset... ."

Which I don't think is true at all, from a local council's perspective they would seem more of a liability?
Something else competing for funding from the ever shrinking pot money available.
#Roads #Potholes #Funding #LocalCouncilFunding

Potholes: Roads in England and Wales at 'breaking point' - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-68598875

From social care to homelessness, what are the cost pressures facing English councils? | Social care | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/28/from-social-care-to-homelessness-what-are-the-cost-pressures-facing-english-councils

#SocialCare
#Homelesness
#LocalCouncil
#LocalCouncils
#LocalCouncilFunding
#Rayner
#Labour
#Tories
#LocalCouncilFinancialCrisis
#LocalCouncilCrisis
#LocalCouncilFundingCrisis
#ChildrensServices
#AdultSocialCsre