Just five weeks after independent councillor Rosemarie Harris became leader of Powys CC the authority was hit by a bombshell report that would change everything.
The Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales had recently paid a visit and found that child protection processes did not always comply with statutory guidance and that children were at risk of sexual exploitation.
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