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.

A county-wide review of car parking in Powys will begin later this summer in an attempt to address traffic flow and safety concerns raised by residents, it has emerged.

Too many schools in Powys have budget deficits and the council’s record in securing improvement in schools has been disappointing, according to an inspection report.

Governors at a Mid Wales school saved from threat of the axe have hit out at Powys County Council, saying consultation to close it was a waste of time and money.

Flexible working pattens are to be introduced for workers at Powys County Council, the biggest employer in Powys, in a bid to protect frontline services and jobs, it emerged today.

Parents, students and members of the community are being urged help save their sixth form by attending a crunch meeting tonight.

Redundancies will be inevitable if plans to radically transform secondary education in Powys go ahead, council bosses said today.

A Shropshire couple today said plans which could see huge power lines built near to their countryside home would be an unsightly blot on the landscape.

Up to £3 million of Powys taxpayers’ money invested in collapsed Icelandic banks could be retrieved, council bosses said today.

Parents parking outside schools and people wrongly leaving cars in disabled spaces will be hit with fines in a new crackdown across Powys.

People are being put off applying for Powys County Council jobs because of redundancy fears, it has been claimed. Helen Morris, from Newtown, said she had intended to apply for a cleaning job with the council.

Cash-strapped Powys County Council leaders have backed plans for a pay freeze for staff and redundancies over the next 12 months in a bid to save more than £5 million.

Campaigners in Newtown have won a year-long battle for work to be carried out to end traffic chaos there.

A Mid Wales headteacher, who was suspended while a police and county council investigation took place, is back in post.

The headteacher of a Mid Wales primary school, who was suspended at the end of January, has been reinstated.

Sickness absence targets at Powys County Council have not been reached after staff had to deal with extremely cold weather conditions, it has been revealed.

Council bosses in Powys have pledged to protect front line services in the county and minimise the economic impact of council tax on the household bills of hard-pressed residents.

More than 100 placard-waving campaigners packed a public meeting to show the strength of feeling over the proposed closure of a Mid Wales primary school.

Council bosses today unveiled plans to spend £2 million on improving schools in Powys at the same time as 11 primaries are facing the axe.

Serious cutbacks need to be made to Powys County Council’s staffing levels, pension scheme and administration costs before bosses axe any more front line services, it has been claimed.

Four public meetings concerning the future of all 13 secondary schools in Powys have been temporarily postponed because of health and safety concerns, it has emerged.