Local road networks around the country are deteriorating because of bad maintenance work, according to a report from the Audit Commission.

Transport Secretary Phillip Hammond said that "the most important point that the Audit Commission report makes is around the efficiency of highway expenditure".

"Everybody has to get more efficient. Local authority costs in highway maintenance have gone up, the report says, by 50% over the last ten years".

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