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The former deputy leader and current acting leader of the council Martyn Cox is will be appointed at a meeting of the full council on Wednesday, August 25, should a majority of members back him.
Following local elections in May, the Conservatives, who are the largest party on Bolton Council, formed an administration after signing an agreement with independents from Farnworth and Kearsley First, Horwich and Blackrod First Independents and UKIP. Read more: At that time they said: “The arrangement will deliver on shared ambitions, priorities and principles over the
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