Attacks on workmen by motorists surge as anger grows over Britain's record £19billion pothole backlog, report finds, with road maintenance workers being sworn at, spat on and even punched on 'daily' basis

Attacks on workmen by motorists surge as anger grows over Britain's record £19billion pothole backlog, report finds, with road maintenance workers being sworn at, spat on and even punched on 'daily' basis


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