The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, with the Darlington council leader, Jonathan Dulston, (far left), the Tees Valley mayor, Ben Houchen, (far right) and Darlington MP Peter Gibson (2nd from left) in Firth Moor, county Durham, during a visit in March, where he discussed how money announced in this year’s budget would be spent on fixing the region’s roads and repairing potholes