Transport Secretary's car towed away after hitting pothole crater 'worthy of moon'

Transport Secretary's car towed away after hitting pothole crater 'worthy of moon'The unfortunate incident occurred last month when the top Cabinet minister Heidi Alexander was driving her Mini Cooper on the B4437 outside Burford in Oxfordshire last monthCommentsNewsAshley Cowburn Deputy Political Editor08:01, 16 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesMinisters have previously vowed to end the pothole plague on the UK's roads(Image: Getty Images)Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander's car had to be towed away after hitting a pothole "crater worthy of the moon".‌The unfortunate incident occurred last month when the top Cabinet minister was driving her Mini Cooper on the B4437 outside Burford in Oxfordshire last month as she travelled back to her Swindon South constituency from a Labour fundraising event.‌Pictures show her green car being loaded on to an AA recovery truck after the incident.‌Speaking to the Sun, she said: “I joked to my husband that I thought that the astronauts on Artemis II might have seen a similar-size crater when they were slingshotting around the Moon last week.”READ MORE: Rachel Reeves blasts Trump Iran war 'mistake' - 'not convinced world a safer place'READ MORE: Keir Starmer hits back as ex-Nato boss warns British security 'in peril'View 2 ImagesTransport Secretary Heidi Alexander's car was towed away after hitting a pothole(Image: Joseph Raynor/ Reach PLC)‌Ms Alexander said that the ordeal had been an “added expense and inconvenience”, adding: "I think that’s the experience of far too many people in the country at the moment." Oxfordshire has been allocated £34 million to tackle potholes this year.It was estimated last month that the cost of bringing pothole-plagued local roads in England and Wales up to scratch had risen to a record £18.6 billion.English councils risk losing up to a third of their funding to fix potholes if they fail to demonstrate they are working effectively, the...