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Poll: Would you be happy to pay higher road taxes for pothole-free routes?

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More than four in five people would support a plan in which money raised from fuel duty was used to repair potholed roads, research has found.

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Support is highest in eastern England, Wales and Yorkshire and Humberside, according to a survey by the Local Government Association (LGA).

The LGA said the Treasury got £33 billion a year from fuel duty, while the Government was spending just under £2 billion a year on maintaining and improving roads over the next five years.

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