{
  "id": 18752116,
  "title": "UK manager fired over £21,000 pothole bills wins £34,326 unfair dismissal case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/uk-manager-fired-over-21-000-pothole-bills-wins-34-326-unfair",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-07T16:52:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/a-dundee-transport-manager-with-24-years-at-his-company-was-fired-after-it-questioned-about-21000-in-pothole-repair-bills-he-had-been-told-to-arrange-a-tribunal-has-ruled-it-unfair-and-awarded-him-34326/articleshow/135628999.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Dundee transport manager who worked for a furniture company for over 24 years was dismissed after it questioned £21,360 in pothole repair bills. A tribunal found that the company had failed to investigate the matter fairly, overlooked findings that cleared him of wrongdoing and wrongly dismissed him. It ordered the company to pay him £34,326.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}