Council tax in Powys could go up by as much as 2.25 per cent in the next financial, it was revealed today.

Council house tenants in Powys are facing a hike of more than £170 in their yearly rent bills, it has emerged.

Plans have been unveiled to build two ‘super schools’ for three to 19 year olds in Powys. But the move could see the closure of at least three primary schools across the region.

A special meeting of Powys County Council to debate issues surrounding wind farms and their impact on the county will be held this afternoon from 2pm.

Plans to close a Mid Wales school in a bid to save money have been approved by council chiefs. Powys County Council’s cabinet signed off on the closure of Trefnanney Community Primary School.

The closure of a primary school in Mid Wales was today due to be approved in an effort to save a cash-strapped county council about £100,000 a year.

A major debate about plans to build hundreds of wind turbines and a massive substation in Mid Wales is to be broadcast live on the internet, it was revealed today.

A schools shake-up will force families on the Shropshire/Welsh border to choose between their community and culture and lead to ‘artificial social engineering’, it has been claimed.

Campaigners against a super dairy which has been given planning permission to be built near Welshpool are calling on the Welsh Assembly to intervene.

The decision by Powys County Council to approve an application for a dairy-cow factory has both surprised and disgusted people.

A decision which could see up to £4 million of Powys taxpayers’ money retrieved has been described as a ‘huge victory’ by council bosses.

Fifty jobs are set to be created in a Mid Wales town when a care company opens a new office to provide home care for the elderly and vulnerable.

Planning officials have been urged to take their time and get it right in making today’s decision on plans to build a 1,000 cow dairy unit near Welshpool.

Management positions in Powys County Council’s planning department have been reduced under a major shake-up of the service.

Council chiefs will meet next week to discuss how to persuade the Welsh Assembly to build a bypass in Newtown as soon as possible.

More than 370 complaints about dog fouling were made to Powys County Council in 2010, it was revealed today.

Powys County Council’s budget settlement from the Welsh Assembly has been cut by more than £1 million, it was revealed today.

More than 107 child seats in cars checked by Powys County Council were fitted incorrectly, risking the lives of children, it was claimed today.

New equipment and more than 22,000 tonnes of salt has been stockpiled in Powys to cope with snow and ice on the county’s roads this winter.

Councillors have agreed to start formal consultation to close a primary school on the Shropshire/Powys border, but have given another one a dramatic reprieve.

Primary school children are to picket outside council offices in a bid to save their village school. The fate of Llanfechain and Llangedwyn schools hang in the balance.

Powys County Council spent more than £6.1 million of taxpayers money on consultants’ fees last year, it has emerged – almost double the amount spent in 2009.

Calls were today made for changes to Welshpool’s controversial one-way system after claims it has decimated trade in the town.

The leader of Powys County Council could be handed a 65 per cent pay increase next year, just months after members of the new cabinet were awarded a 40 per cent rise.

Powys’s local education authority is offering “adequate” value for money in its schools, says a new report, but the alarm was raised over budget deficits.

Twenty-six schools across Powys will have budget deficits of more than £2 million by March next year, it has emerged.

Plans for a major schools shake-up in Powys could be put on hold because of funding cuts, it has been revealed. Powys County Council is reviewing primary and secondary schools in a radical bid to revamp county’s education.

Protest banners and signs put up along roadsides to fight plans which could see hundreds of pylons built across Shropshire and Mid Wales have been taken down by highway chiefs.

More than 1,500 parking tickets have been handed out to motorists in Mid Wales since Powys County Council took over enforcement from police three months ago.

Councillors have voted to start formal consultation to close two Powys primary schools in a bid to save up to £200,000 a year.