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1 week ago | mywelshpool.co.uk | Elgan Hearn

By Elgan Hearn, Local Democracy Reporter Schools individual identities could be lost in Powys so that governing bodies can oversee more than one school and address the shortage of volunteers for the vital role. The potential future changes to school governing bodies were brought up during an extraordinary Powys County Council that was addressing the publication of a damning Estyn inspection report into their education service.

1 week ago | mywelshpool.co.uk | Elgan Hearn

By Elgan Hearn, Local Democracy Reporter As part of attempts to address concerns raised by the scathing Estyn inspection report into Powys County Council’s education service, £1.6 million will be spent on upgrading school security. At an extraordinary meeting of Powys County Council on Thursday, members of the Liberal Democrat/Labour Cabinet outlined in a presentation how the council will address the four recommendations that they were given by Estyn after the report was published last month.

1 week ago | mywelshpool.co.uk | Elgan Hearn

By Elgan Hearn, Local Democracy Reporting Service Senior councillors clashed over school finances after they were not mentioned in a presentation outlining how Powys County Council intends to respond to a scathing Estyn inspection report. During an extraordinary meeting of Powys County Council on Thursday, April 10, members of the Liberal Democrat/Labour Cabinet presented how the council plans to address Estyn's four recommendations following the report's publication last month.

2 weeks ago | mywelshpool.co.uk | Elgan Hearn

By Elgan Hearn, Local Democracy Reporter Labour councillors are standing shoulder to shoulder with their under fire Liberal Democrat colleagues to avert a crisis for the coalition which runs Powys County Council.

2 weeks ago | mywelshpool.co.uk | Elgan Hearn

By Elgan Hearn, Local Democracy Reporter Building a concrete base for a slurry separator at a farm near Berriew can be done under existing permitted development rights, councillors have ruled. At a meeting of Powys County Council’s Planning Committee, councillors received an agricultural prior notification planning application from Mr Jones to build the “concrete plinth” at Pied House, Garthmyl.