Over £3 million has been given to Leicestershire County Council to repair potholes across the area.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced an additional £200 million would be spent on highways maintenance nationwide as part of his spring budget on Tuesday (March 14).

This is in addition to the existing highways maintenance funding announced in October 2021, which promised more than £2.7 billion of local highways maintenance funding between 2022 and 2025.

Leicester City Council and the county council have both been allocated a share of the newly announced funding which is ring fenced specifically for pothole repairs.

The county, which is responsible for the upkeep of county roads, will receive £3,156,400.

The city will receive a smaller portion of the money at £580,000.

The repairs will help lower vehicle maintenance costs for workers, families and businesses, and safeguard the road network, ministers have claimed.

Cllr Phil King said the injection of cash was welcome news for all road users across Leicestershire.