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Workers at a closure-threatened Royal British Legion (RBL) care home in Powys have protested at the organisation’s London headquarters.

It came the day before an announcement on the future of Crosfield House in Rhayader – the only RBL home in Wales – is due on Friday.

The home is under threat because the council has refused to pay a 30% increase in fees requested by the RBL.

A Powys council delegation has also met RBL trustees to discuss its future.

Crosfield House has 50 residents, some of whom are ex-servicemen, and 80 staff. It was opened 20 years ago.

The legion has blamed the rise in costs on a deficit in the home’s income.

But the council, which funds half the residents, said it could not afford the rise and would try to find a compromise.

At the meeting on Thursday, the RBL said it would consider a report commissioned in October 2007 on the future of the home.

It brings together discussions with the council, MPs, the home’s staff, residents and their families, said RBL.

The report also contains recommendations from the specialist consultancy, Pinders, which was asked to undertake an independent assessment of the home.

The RBL said it had consistently stated it would maintain a home in Wales and had always been clear it had made provision in its financial plans to invest around £5m for this purpose.

News reported by BBC