Powys County Council agrees to temporarily close leisure centres and swimming pools.
The council's cabinet member for economic development and leisure David Selby said he introduced the paper with regret and a degree of anger.
"The UK government has created the unstable financial market, and has not reacted to the energy crisis, the whole of the leisure sector throughout the UK has been affected."Freedom Leisure have been taken measures to reduce energy costs but Cllr Selby said they "were not enough" Deputy council leader Matthew Dorrance added the closures were due to the UK government ending energy support for council-funded and public sector organisations.
Beverley Baynham, who represents Presteigne, where East Radnor leisure centre is located said: "No consultations, no discussions, just a done deal.
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