Ministers are robbing Peter to pay pothole

SNP MINISTERS have been accused of raiding £150million from the roads budgets — leaving hard-pressed Scots motorists with pothole-strewn routes.

- By David Walker Scottish Politics Reporter

SNP MINISTERS have been accused of raiding £150million from the roads budgets — leaving hard-pressed Scots motorists with pothole-strewn routes.

Drivers on the country's busiest roads have reported damage to their vehicles from driving over holes and craters in the carriageway.

Councils have been forced to fork out thousands in compensation in some cases, while motorists have also had to pick up the bill.

Scottish Labour has claimed the Scottish Government are short-changing drivers by millions.

The party said that spending on Scotland's roads dropped by £150m in real terms last year, with this reduction from 2022/23 and 2023/24 amounting to one-tenth of the overall roads budget.

Allocated

South of the Border, Sir Keir Starmer has retained a pot introduced by the previous Tory administration for local authorities to spend on improving roads.