Are South London borough's roads well maintained? The Conservative-controlled council continues to butt heads with the Labour Bexleyheath and Crayford MP Daniel Francis over the condition of the borough's roads. ‌The battle between the two reached Parliament last October, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying Bexley Council might lose Department for Transport funding if the authority didn't maintain its highways. The confrontation between the council and the MP reared its head again this week at a meeting of the council's Cabinet on January 26. ‌Bexley Council Leader David Leaf said: "I think it is important that clarity is given, that people understand the facts and not the spin and the rhetoric."