3:19pm Monday 8th February 2010
THE NEW Leader of Essex County Council will be announced tomorrow after crunch talks by Tory councillors.
A Conservative group meeting will take place at 8:30am Tuesday 9 February before a meeting of the full council at 10:00am.
The new leader will be announced, with current deputy leader Peter Martin the front-runner.
Lord Hanningfield, the previous leader, stood down last week after he was charged with fiddling his House of Lords expenses.
For more, see Tuesday's Gazette.
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