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Cornwall Council leader Alec Robertson surprised a few of his colleagues at the full council meeting today by not revealing the identity of the new Cabinet member, needed to replace Sally Bain. I can think of only one reason for this - that the new Cabinet member was not present. This narrows the field to just two: councillors Denise Mutton and Joan Symons. My money's on Joan.

The new Cabinet portfolio will be called "Customer First" and will embrace most of the services which went into Cultural Services, such as libraries, leisure centres and museums.

Alec promised an announcement in the next few days.