A FREE parking scheme is being run in Powys during December for the second year in a row.

The county council is suspending charges in its car parks from 10am to 6pm everyday from Saturday, December 7 to Christmas Eve (Tuesday, December 24).

The council is funding the initiative through £47,000 saved by cabinet members who agreed to take a smaller special responsibility pay allowance than they are entitled to.

Free parking only applies to Powys County Council operated car parks and not alter existing time limited free on-street parking restrictions.

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