Cost of Driving Crisis?
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The cost of fixing potholes in England and Wales has risen to a record £18.6 billion - Sean Farrington hears from a mechanic who's seeing the damage to cars by bad roads.
The latest on Iran as we get it.
And sales of suits and ties are up on the year at the retailer John Lewis - has the casualness of the pandemic come to an end?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.2 | Savings, credit cards, car finance, reclaiming, insurance, investing, power of attorney, decision, |
| 0:12.2 | indecision, analysis, paralysis. |
| 0:15.4 | Don't panic. |
| 0:16.4 | The Martin Lewis podcast is twice weekly, helping you navigate our complex consumer world. |
| 0:21.2 | I'll walk you through a big money saving topic step by step. |
| 0:24.5 | Then in question time, you set the agenda and ask whatever's on your mind. |
| 0:28.6 | Would you rather be locked in an empty shopping centre with a thousand snakes or just one gorilla? |
| 0:33.6 | Within reason. |
| 0:34.2 | The Martin Lewis podcast, listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.0 | Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:42.5 | Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. |
| 0:44.5 | We're getting into potholes today. |
| 0:46.0 | The estimated cost on local roads has risen to a record 18.6 billion pounds across England and Wales. |
| 0:56.8 | Let us know your tales and we'll get into how that can be resolved. Meanwhile, entering the 18th day of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. |
| 1:03.2 | I was not happy with the UK. President Trump saying that yesterday, Prime Minister Kirstama said he refused to be drawn into a wider war in the Middle East. |
| 1:14.6 | Here in the UK, we're going to hear how kerosene prices driven up by the conflicts are affecting people who use heating oil to warm their homes. |
| 1:22.8 | And we're told the suit is back. |
| 1:25.2 | John Lewis seeing a significant growth in sales of suits and |
| 1:29.2 | tyres as businesses continue to push for a return to the office post-COVID. Do these suits |
| 1:35.1 | match up to how they used to. Wake up to money with Sean Farrington. Good morning to you. Wake |
| 1:42.1 | Up to Money on BBC 5 Live. |
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