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As we approach the District Council elections on 2nd May, I would like to take this opportunity to set out our plan for the Forest of Dean.

This article was originally published in City A.M.

Today’s younger voters were born after the Berlin Wall had fallen and the battle of ideas had been won for another generation.

I thought it would be useful to my constituents to set out recent changes to tax and welfare policies. 

Last week, the Government announced that 70 projects up and down the British Coast have been awarded a total of over £36 million from a UK government fund. 

After last week’s votes in the House of Commons, I thought my constituents would like to know how I voted and why.

I recently had the opportunity to do both a ride along with local police and visit Gloucestershire Constabulary’s Force Control Room to see some of the vital behind the scenes work. Both visits gave me a valuable insight into what happens when one of my constituents calls the police.