Ministers have admitted they are 'looking into' and 'carefully considering' the findings of a trial in which a council was allowed to hike parking tickets to an eye-watering £160.

Last year, councils across Britain paid out nearly £20 million - a 30 per cent increase over the previous year - to replace tyres, alloys and suspension that were mangled by crumbling roads.

The Labour minister had been driving home from her Swindon South constituency when her green Mini Cooper struck a hole on the B4437 outside Burford in Oxfordshire.

Last year's total for the number of drivers getting points on their licences is nearly a third higher than the 678,367 who received points for speeding in 2022.

A record high of 5.2 per cent of people in England had a blue badge as of March 31 last year, analysis of Department for Transport (DfT) data found.

The 'carrot and stick' strategy will see ministers withhold a quarter of the cash earmarked for councils unless they share more performance data with the Government on repairs.

The disclosure came as a report found the repair bill to fix Britain's pock-marked local roads has jumped to £18.6billion - up from £17billion last year.

The Royal Automobile Club (RAC) said the number of damage reports it received this February was three-and-a-half times more than in the same month last year

Learner drivers have flocked to the village of Miskin, Glamorgan, from far and wide after word spread of its relatively straightforward test route.

Documents seen by the Daily Mail show that the Prime Minister is mulling over the plans, which will see councils be required to impose a limit on the number of spaces on new housing developments.

In a scandal which could cost the Government millions in compensation, a glitch has existed within the camera system on all smart motorways and some A-roads for four years.

Fares Haddad, a world-acclaimed orthopaedic surgeon who is credited with 'fixing' Harry Kane's hamstring, has launched a legal battle against Jack Barclay Ltd

A growing number of councils are handing out free salt, hi-vis vests and snow shovels to householders, encouraging them to help clear pavements.

Motability was set up to help Brits with serious physical disabilities get around. But the bloated scheme is now being used by people with a wide variety of ailments.

EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of vehicles are snatched from streets and driveways across the UK every day, with many smuggled abroad to cities from Dubai and Moscow to Kinshasa.