MEET the new Forest of Dean District Council Cabinet – the six men and one woman who will be at the heart of the big decisions from car parking charges to multi-million pounds infrastructure projects.

And they will be led by Cllr Tim Gwilliam, who has been the top man in the authority for the past two years since taking charge when the Rainbow Alliance of independent councillors took over from the Conservatives.

Now Cllr Gwilliam and his new-look Cabinet, which includes two Labour Party and one extra Green Party representatives joining the original body, have four years to see what they can do to help the Forest of Dean public.

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