Heidi Alexander said road safety would be a ‘priority’ for her as Transport Secretary.

Laws on drink and drug-driving could be reviewed amid concern about rising deaths on the roads, the Transport Secretary has suggested.

Heidi Alexander said it “might be time to have a look at those (laws)” as part of a wider effort to improve road safety, including new awareness campaigns.

Describing it as a “priority” for her, she told LBC on Friday: “This is a conversation that I’ve been having with officials in the first........

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