Recently l made a FOI enquiry to the local council to see what progress had been made on a major road issue for all (including cyclists) both in cities and between cities, potholes. Indeed the government has given money for this issue to be addressed only last year to many councils up and down the country.

Well in the City of Westminster we have the astonishing story the number of potholes reported (and thus subsequently repaired) during the 2020’s has dropped substantially from 500 odd annually to less than 150 in 2025. It appears from these figures that the previous Labour administration at the council got on top of this issue. So will the new Tory administration at the Council be able to keep on top of potholes repaired after being reported to the same degree at all over the next 4 years of their term? Time will only tell, if our drivers, and happy with this recent performance by the council, are going to be maintained at all.

Can the new Tory administration do the same at all, given the scope to reduce much less possible over their new term at all? Time will tell now at the beginning of their term.