Mr Webb said he did not know how many FOI requests had been lodged to date, but had previously said it was more than 100.

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Mr Webb said the government would honour its "triple guarantee commitment" to increase the basic state pension by the greater of earnings, prices, or 2.5%.

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Mr Webb said the extra money was useful but they would need far more to mend all of the potholes on the county's 5, 600-mile road network.

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