Congestion fall by a half. Weve been trialling it in london and kent and its proved extremely successful, and we estimate that theres been about 600 less incursions into the highway surface than would have happened otherwise. Motoring groups want some reassurances. Its absolutely right that roadworks should be more efficient and they should be done in as short time as possible. One thing that we would not like to see compromised, though, is quality. So its important that whilst we improve the efficiency of roadworks quality is not compromised, because the last thing that motorists would want to see is a stretch of road being rushed and botched. The group that represents Utility Companies points out that they are carrying out big Infrastructure Projects designed to boost the economy, and if they have to pay to close roads, it offers less value for money for their customers. They also say that around half of all roadworks arent carried out by Utility Companies, but by highways authoritie
Jeremy corbyn or theresa may . A bit of a question mark, because theresa may wasnt here. Before this debate, yougov carried out another poll, and it makes pretty interesting reading tonight. Thats right. A yougov poll in the times tomorrow suggests the conservative lead is now down to three points, 42 the conservative, 39 to labour. There is a dramatic tightening of the polls as far as yougov is concerned. But that is not being borne out in other polls. The icm poll in the guardian yesterday gave the conservatives a 12 point lead. I spoke to one senior Labour Source who said to me, we are clear that there is a pattern that the polls are tightening. But as there being a dramatic tightening, well, they say theyre going to be really cautious. Thanks, nick. We will be talking about the polls and whats driving them a little later in the programme. Well, there were strong moments for everybody on stage, and no Game Changing gaffes. David grossman was watching as the argument progressed. Not