Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies is to meet with Powys County Council bosses after receiving a ‘huge amount’ of complaints about Welshpool’s one-way system.

Congestion charges, taxi fares and website design were among thousands of pounds in expenses claimed by MPs in Shropshire and Mid Wales, it emerged today.

Campaigners from the newly-formed Llanymynech and Pant Bypass Action Group, which is calling for a new bypass, have set up a meeting next month with two MPs to discuss their traffic worries.

Overseas visits, punditry and business dealings have all been declared by MPs in the House of Commons’ Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

Three MPs from Shropshire and Mid Wales have opted for the same festive design on their Christmas cards this year.

Plans which could see hundreds of on shore wind turbines and pylons built across Shropshire and Mid Wales were today condemned as “monstrous” by an MP.