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Local Democracy Reporter covering Powys.

December 20, 2024

Powys Council bringing child refugees to be looked after in county

December 19, 2024

Using tips in other counties would make recycling easier for Powys residenst that live in borderlands

Funding boost for Powys schools facing deficits

December 18, 2024

Councillors sceptical over monthly bin collections as consultation on draft new waste and recycling strartegy is agreed

December 17, 2024

Powys has joined forces with other local authorities to ask the Welsh Government for more money

Labour councillors reach out to Welsh Government colleagues for more money

December 16, 2024

Powys Independents want Lib Dem MS Jane Dodds to vote against Welsh Government budget proposals

December 14, 2024

'Worst case scenario' - Extra £7.4million needed by Powys schools next year, councillors to be told

Education|Dec 14

'Difficult decisions': Council tax rise on the cards in Powys following Welsh Government funding settlement

December 11, 2024

POWYS: Presteigne hall transfer

POWYS: Storm workers thanked

December 10, 2024

POWYS: Smartphone School Ban

December 9, 2024

POWYS: Recycling target missed

Council to consult over recycling

December 7, 2024

'Tax would make the farm unviable': Councillors in Powys rally against inheritance hike

Councillors in Powys throw weight behind campaign to devolve Crown Estate management to Welsh Government

December 5, 2024

Powys councillors to consider call to hand Crown Estates to Welsh Government

Schools should be smartphone-free zones, councillors told

New rules for tattooists and acupuncture therapists in Powys

December 3, 2024

TV presenter and nature conservationist quizzes council over Montgomery canal restoration

November 30, 2024

Decision on National Park consultation response by Powys planners is set to be made next week

November 28, 2024

POWYS: Keep three member champions

POWYS – PTHB: Going bust danger

November 21, 2024

Taxi licence fee increases approved by council - here's what they will cost

POWYS: Leisure review pulled

POWYS: Social Services Crisis

November 20, 2024

POWYS: Hay-on-Wye Cattle market

November 15, 2024

Powys has a £600,000 education black hole

Mid Wales|Nov 15

November 13, 2024

POWYS: Opposition leaders Ombudsman

Plans for small veg producing farms near Newtown given the go ahead by planners

November 9, 2024

'High-quality' home plan for Gypsy site fails again

Mid Wales|Nov 9

November 8, 2024

Newtown factory extension is given the go-ahead by councillors

Sustainable Powys talks with town and community council to take place later this month

November 6, 2024

Rules for public speaking at Powys Planning committee have been changed

New national park would see £2 million development plans in Mid Wales go to waste

Councillor plans for a barn near the site of a motte and bailey mound in Mid Wales are given the go ahead

National park would see £2 million worth of work on development plans in Mid Wales go to waste - claim

October 27, 2024

Councillors told to approve £49million school building

Mid Wales|Oct 27

Call for winter fuel help

Mid Wales|Oct 27

October 23, 2024

12 planning applications for chicken farms in Powys still in limbo almost two years after 'pause'

October 22, 2024

12 planning applications for chicken farms in Powys are still in limbo

October 18, 2024

Councillors reject change to voting system – despite public consultation verdict

Politics|Oct 18

October 16, 2024

Plans for three homes next to former Powys pub approved by councillors

October 11, 2024

Powys health board unanimously backs temporary changes to MIU and hospital wards

October 10, 2024

Council leader, Cllr James Gibson-Watt is backing under fire cabinet member and Liberal Democrat colleague Cllr Jackie Charlton.

Politics|Oct 10

October 8, 2024

A motion of no confidence has been lodged against Lib Dem cabinet member Cllr Jackie Charlton

October 7, 2024

Powys health changes urged to go ahead despite petition

Mid Wales|Oct 7

October 4, 2024

UK Government Chancellor Rachel Reeves will be asked by Powys council to pause the means testing of pensioners for winter fuel payments

Cost of living|Oct 4

James Evans MS criticised for saying the Lib Dems are dismantling the county farms estate

Only days left in consultation on lowering speed limits in and out of Guilsfield

Welshpool|Oct 4