Nadia Whittome

R to @NadiaWhittomeMP: TransActual, Trans+ Solidarity Alliance, and Scottish Trans have helpfully created an email template here: https://equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

More than 100 MPs have now signed the motion I tabled alongside colleagues to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations. This motion is currently the only available mechanism by which MPs can reject the EHRC’s Code of Practice; if debated and passed within the 40-day scrutiny window, it would prevent the EHRC from issuing the Code and bringing it into force. This is unfortunately unlikely, but it is important that as many MPs as possible sign the motion. Please email your MP asking them to sign EDM 240 if they haven’t already. https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/65938/draft-code-of-practice-on-services-public-functions-and-associations

It was a pleasure to meet with my constituent, award-winning comedian Benny Shakes, and hear about the brilliant work he is doing through @BlueBadgeBunch, a theatre company specialising in accessible and interactive shows, hosted by disabled performers and comedians. Give them a follow 💚

After 14 painful and traumatic weeks for the families of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates, and the surviving victims, the Nottingham Inquiry evidence hearings have concluded. It would be wrong for me to pre-empt the findings of the inquiry, so I will refrain from commenting further at this stage, but it is clear that there have been grave failings across public services and institutions. I await the recommendations and, as one of Nottingham’s MPs, I will continue holding public bodies to account.

RT @melanie_ward: Together with almost 140 fellow Labour MPs, I have written to the Foreign Secretary to call for a ban on trade with illeg…

Jess Barnard is the very best of us. After being treated terribly by the party, she shows such grace in this statement. I’m pleased that she can now get back to the important work of making the Labour Party the champion of working class people that it must be once again.

Appalled by reports that two teenage girls were sexually assaulted in the Market Square on Thursday night. My heart goes out to them. If you have any information, please call Nottinghamshire Police immediately on 101, quoting incident number 879 of 4 June 2026. https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottinghamshire/news/news/2026/june/witness-appeal-after-sexual-assaults-in-city-centre/

Great to be out doorknocking in Mapperley with ward councillors Sajid and Leslie. Thank you to local members for joining and helping us deliver our newsletter!  My office and I are always here to support constituents with casework issues - just drop me an email. I also hold surgeries three Fridays a month, if you need to speak to me in person.

Henry Nowak is the latest victim of a policing system that frequently abuses its power and strips people of their humanity. It is utterly despicable and it is not new. In one sense, I’m glad that the likes of Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe finally care about police brutality. But their analysis of a “two-tier” policing system (in which the police favours racialised communities at the expense of white people) is a wilful distortion of reality. It is designed to turn us against each other and it lets violent policing off the hook. Henry Nowak and his family deserve justice. Every victim of police brutality and their families deserve justice.

Solidarity with Sikh communities in Nottingham and across the country, amidst yet another sharp rise in anti-Sikh racism as the far-right shamelessly exploits a young man’s murder. I recently wrote to the Home Secretary making the case for more funding for security outside gurdwaras. This is now even more vital. Our community has long been weaponised by the far-right as the “model minority” when it suits them. This was always colonial divide and rule: pitting Sikhs against Muslims, and using Sikhs as cover for the far-right’s racism, which of course harms all people of colour.

RT @DisRightsUK: 🚨DR UK's Statement on the EHRC's New Code of Practice "We are appalled at implications that an adequate workaround is tra…

The reports of Henry Nowak bleeding to death in handcuffs because police did not believe that he had been stabbed, are truly harrowing. His killer has rightly been brought to justice, but Henry’s loved ones deserve accountability from the police too. My thoughts are with Henry’s family at this devastating time. It is their wish that Henry’s murder is not “used to create further division, hatred or tension”.

Alongside colleagues, I have tabled a motion to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations. We cannot support it, and we have a responsibility to our trans constituents to resist it. This motion is currently the only available mechanism through which Parliament can reject the EHRC’s Code of Practice; if it is debated and passed within the 40-day scrutiny window, it would prevent the Code from being issued by the EHRC and coming into force. Please email your MP asking them to sign EDM 240.  The Code will exclude trans people from services and facilities that they have long used without issue, putting them at increased risk of harassment and violence, and effectively pushing them out of public life.  It ushers in an era of enforced segregation for trans people, the policing of which will be outsourced to service providers, including businesses, charities and public bodies.  In the statement to the House of Commons yesterday, the Minister even suggested that where members of the public are unsure of someone’s gender within a single-sex facility, “most people will have the common sense to step in where necessary or, if they are concerned, to alert a member of staff.” Meanwhile, this guidance does not give clarity and confidence to organisations that want to be trans-inclusive. Its impact also extends beyond the rights of trans people. The government’s own Equality Impact Assessment warns that “women who are considered masculine may face greater scrutiny” and that disabled people could face adverse impacts. The Code represents a profound rollback of rights, which will affect trans people directly and erode the principles of inclusion, dignity and equality upon which all our rights depend. This guidance must not become statutory; the government should withdraw it and instead legislate to clarify and protect trans people’s rights, privacy and inclusion. https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/65938/draft-code-of-practice-on-services-public-functions-and-associations

The government’s own impact assessment warns that the EHRC’s Code of Practice exposes trans women to a “disproportionate risk of violence and sexual assault” and that women who do not conform to gender stereotypes may face “greater scrutiny”. It also doesn’t offer clarity to organisations that want to be trans-inclusive. For example, if a charity wants to hold a trans-inclusive women’s coffee morning as a service open to the public, without opening it to all. My plea to the government: withdraw the guidance and instead legislate to protect trans people’s rights, privacy and inclusion.  For reference, the Minister’s response is in relation to membership organisations with rules for membership, but as the guidance stands, this would not apply to a charity service open to the public.

RT @fbunational: The Fire Brigades Union has made a statement on the proposed EHRC Code of Practice on Services. Our message is clear. Equ…

Solidarity with University of Nottingham staff beginning their 61 days of strike action today. I share their deep concerns about the impacts of 600+ proposed job cuts and 40+ proposed course closures on staff, students, and our city. I look forward to joining them on the picket line and I will continue to raise the union’s concerns and counter-proposals at the highest level.

I worked with @Care4Calais to table a motion calling on the government to immediately discontinue the UK-France one-in-one-out pilot. This pilot has resulted in serious human rights violations - affecting children and survivors of torture and trafficking - and has been condemned by United Nations experts.  There is no clear evidence that it has deterred dangerous Channel crossings, and it does not provide a genuine safe route for those seeking protection.

Thank you to Sherwood Community Centre for making my team and me feel so welcome last week! We discussed the ongoing negotiations around the centre’s lease and the valuable work that the team does every day. We know that money invested in community centres and the services they provide not only helps people immeasurably but also saves the state money in the long term. Tory cuts caused such devastation - it is the job of this government to reverse them.  You can support our local community centres by booking a room for your next event or group.

I’ll never say “it’s between Labour and Reform” unless it is - and in Makerfield it clearly is.  @AndyBurnhamGM will not only be a champion for people in this area and make their voices heard nationally, but he also has the potential to change the Labour Party - and therefore the country.  We must stop at nothing to tackle the biggest issue for everyone: the cost of living crisis, and we must stand up to the forces of hate trying to pit neighbours against each other.

R to @NadiaWhittomeMP: The reason I mentioned Forest fans is that I thought it would be nice to express that the whole city is celebrating your success with you even if some of us support a different club! I also didn’t want to be accused of pretending to be a Notts County fan when it’s public knowledge that I’m not! Sorry to have caused offence lol