Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. A number of London boroughs have been named and shamed by the Government for apparently failing to repair potholed roads. Greenwich, Kensington and Chelsea and Waltham Forest were each given a “red” rating by the Department for Transport. But this sparked an angry response, with Kensington and Chelsea saying it spent 90 per cent of its potholes budget proactively to prevent roads deteriorating – while Waltham Forest pointed to an alternative survey rating it as the best in the country for speedy repairs. Cllr Johnny Thalassites, lead member for environment and planning at Kensington and Chelsea council, said: “It is baffling how the Government has come up with this rating and disappointing that they have published it without showing us their workings out.
Published: January 12, 2026 12:49 pm
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