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Lord Hanningfield: Essex County Council expenses action dropped Lord Hanningfield: Essex County Council expenses action dropped
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No further action will be taken against former Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield, who was jailed for expenses fraud.No further action will be taken against former Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield, who was jailed for expenses fraud.
The 71-year-old served nine weeks of a nine-month sentence after he was convicted last year. The 71-year-old was convicted of falsely claiming £28,000 in parliamentary expenses last year.
Following his release, City of London police launched a second investigation into his claims while he was at Essex County Council. The peer, from West Hanningfield in Essex, served nine weeks of a nine-month sentence.
They said a decision had been made to take no further action. A second investigation was opened into his claims while at Essex County Council.
The City of London Police said no further action would be taken in relation to Lord Hanningfield's time at the county council.
He has been released from police bail.
Lord Hanningfield said he was "relieved that this chapter has closed".
He has called for an investigation into how the county council came to raise its concerns with police.
"My heart sinks to think of the hundreds of thousands of pounds that the council has spent on this exercise through the hiring of expensive lawyers and the time and energy that could have been spent on delivering services for the people of Essex," Lord Hanningfield said.