Councillors from several parties will come together to lead , with promises of greater co-operation. Trevor Young and Lesley Rollings (both Lib Dem) were .

A new Administration group has been formed, comprising 13 , 11 , three Independents, two Consensus Independents and one councillor. Councillor Jackie Brockway (Con) has been nominated for the role of leader, which will be decided at a full council meeting on Monday, September 8.

New rules will also be proposed to strip power from the top roles and share it more equally, following claims that .

Councillor Brockway told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “This group wants to come together to try and work together much more closely than has ever happened before. It will be more than a coalition – it will be proper power-sharing, wit

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