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Local Democracy Reporter covering Powys.

April 17, 2025

Cllr Amanda Jenner 2022 Powys County Council

The lack of detail on how a shake up of day care services is going to run in Powys is branded as "hazy"

Maes Y Wennol Care Homes/Day Care Centre Llanidloes

Day care centres could have fully re-opened if people want to use them

April 14, 2025

Cllr Pete Roberts - Powys County Council - Cabinet member for Learning Powys - which includes the education portfolio

Schools could lose their individual identity to allow governors to look after several at a time

Cllr Iain McIntosh - Powys County Council

Deputy council leader Labour's Cllr Matthew Dorrance is proud to be part of coalition with Lib Dems

Cllr David Thomas - Powys County Council

No mention of school's finances in plan to address scathing Estyn report

Cllr Jake Berriman - Powys County Council

Upgrading site security in Powys schools will cost £1.6 million

April 10, 2025

Cllr Pete Roberts - Powys County Council - Cabinet member for Learning Powys - which includes the education portfolio

Vote of no confidence in education chief denied at council meeting

April 9, 2025

Cllr Jake Berriman - Powys County Council

Cllr Jake Berriman apologises for not hitting £10 million a year sales target

April 8, 2025

The 45th and 47th President of the United States of America, Donald Trump. Official picture from Whitehouse.gov

Powys Council budget for last year on course for £924,000 surplus but concenrs about Trump's tariffs have been raised

April 3, 2025

Cllr Joy Jones 2022 - Powys County Council

Petition could see moves to slow down Powys patients treatment in English hospitals debated on Senedd floor

April 2, 2025

Cllr James Gibson-Watt

Extraordinary Powys council meeting to discuss another damning report into education standards in Powys will take place on April 10

Radnor Arms can re-open as objections to licence application are dropped

Radnor Arms can re-open as objections to licence application are dropped

April 1, 2025

Cllr James Gibson-Watt

Special council meeting will be called to discuss damning Estyn report into Powys education services

March 27, 2025

Cllr Pete Roberts - Powys County Council - Cabinet member for Learning Powys - which includes the education portfolio

Calls made for education portfolio holder Cllr Peter Roberts to be sacked over damning Estyn inspection report on Powys education services

March 26, 2025

Cllr David Thomas - Powys County Council

Concerns raised that education standards in Powys secondary schools are falling

Cllr Matthew Dorrance

Council already needs to use £432,000 from reserves to balance next year's budgtet

March 25, 2025

Ysgol Calon Cymru Builth Campus

Cabinet approve establishing a Welsh medium all through school at Builth Wells

March 24, 2025

Cllr Jackie Charlton - Powys County Council

Extraordinary motion for councillors to discuss recycling centre changes is rejected by council chairman following legal advice

Potters/Powys Council Recycling Centre in Newtown. Picture: Penny Mayes

'Stubborn and short sighted' - Bid to challenge council's recycling centre booking system in Mid Wales fails

March 21, 2025

Emma Palmer Powys County Council Chief Executive

Opposition councillors want extraordinary Powys council meeting to discuss scrapping controversial recycling centre booking system and charges

March 18, 2025

Cllr Raiff Devlin, from Powys County Council

Over 1000 drop off Powys' housing register during last three months of 2024

Powys County Council Leader Councillor James Gibson-Watt

Critcism of council decisions on social media don't represent the silent majoirty

Powys County Council's Deputy Leader Cllr Matthew Dorrance

Councillor in charge of Powys housing wants to stop using B&Bs to put up homeless people

Powys County Council leader Councillor James Gibson-Watt

Tackling poverty will be a priority for Lib Dem/Labour administrations next two years

March 10, 2025

Potters/Powys Council Recycling Centre in Newtown - picture by Penny Mayes under creative commons licence

Debate on controversial recycling centre changes denied by council rules

Incident picture of a motorcycle crash on a Powys road. From Powys County Council

Councillors agree motion that calls for action to make Powys roads safer especially for motorcyclists

March 6, 2025

Jane Thomas - Director of Corporate Services - Powys County Council

Machynlleth residents will face the highest Council Tax bills in Powys

Powys County Councllor Peter Lewis is chairman of the council's Pensions and Investments committee. From Powys County Council

Powys pension fund has no direct investments in Israel

February 28, 2025

The burnt down Glan yr Afon farmhouse. Plans to demolish the building and build a new farmhouse have been approved by Powys planners. From Powys County Council

Council's plan to replace farmhouse burnt down in May 2022 has been given the go ahead

February 27, 2025

The river Wye at Glasbury

Friends of the River Wye are disappointed that water quality data volunteers collect is largely unused by Natural Resources Wales

February 25, 2025

Glyndwr Way one of the major Powys paths - pic by Powys County Council

Council told to apologise to younger generations for the poor state of Powys pathways

February 21, 2025

Looking towards where the weather mast could be built, from the A44 road. From Google Streetview

Nant Mithil weather mast approved by Powys councillors

Cllr David Thomas - Powys County Council

Councillors vote to approved budget and 8.9 per cent Council Tax hike

January 31, 2025

How the weather mast could look.

Aberedw Hill weather mast plans apporved - but concerns were raised that could affect low level RAF training flights

January 30, 2025

Dr Richard Jones - Powys County Council director of education. PCC

Assurance that education service staff restructure will not hit ALN teams

January 29, 2025

Cllr Jackie Charlton - from PCC You Tube site

Should residents wait until their recycling boxes are full before putting them out for collection?

Cllr Raiff Devlin. From Powys County Council.

A funding boost of £3.8 million to boost bus services in Powys is not affordable for the council

January 23, 2025

Cllr Elwyn Vaughan - Powys County Council

Fraud probes into Powys council staff can look for historic evidence

January 20, 2025

Cllr Aled Davies

The number of Powys schools causing concern is "frightening"

January 17, 2025

Classroom Generic -creative commons licence.

Powys youngsters doing well at GCSE - but concerns raised over A Level results

January 15, 2025

Cllr Beverley Baynham - Powys County Council

Could alternative budget proposals bring down 8.9% Council Tax proposal?

January 10, 2025

Council houses, Welshpool

Council house rents in Powys are due to rise by 2.7 per cent from April 1

County Hall in Llandrindod Wells - headquarters of Powys County Council. From Google Streetview.

Tories slam Powys County Council over its 8.9 per cent council tax hike

January 9, 2025

Extensive seen in the middle of Builth Wells following Storm Darragh in December 2024. From Facebook.

Powys County Council is keen to improve its response to storm emergencies

January 7, 2025

The site earmarked for 16 homes in Llanfyllin. From Google Streetview.

Plans for 16 council homes in a Powys town have been lodged with planners

Mid Wales|Jan 7

The Street which is the old main road that went through Four Crosses. An appeal has been lodged with Welsh Goverment planning inspectors to overturn a decision. Picture: Google

Developer bids to overturn Powys County Council planners refusal to permit four homes to be built in Four Crosses

January 5, 2025

Community council objects to plans for a dozen new homes near Llanymynech

Plan for 14 homes near Welshpool given the go-ahead

Mid Wales|Jan 5

January 3, 2025

Jane Thomas - Director of Corporate Services - Powys County Council

Winding up of ill fated Heart of Wales Property Service has started

County Hall in Llandrindod Wells - headquarters of Powys County Council. From Google Streetview.

Powys property management company enters liquidation