@UKLabour
MP for Nottingham South and Shadow Minister for Arts, Heritage and Civil Society, amongst other things. She/her. For casework please email or phone
Stopped for a cheeky half on my way back from House of Commons (covering a sitting Friday for the team). Couldn’t resist this one from Mill Hill Brew Co - I’d not heard of them before but now know they’re in Leicester and have lots of beers with great names!
#ItsTheWeekend
Thank you for meeting us to share the challenges you face and talk about ideas and solutions. We are passionate about the visual arts and want to ensure everyone has opportunities to enjoy and participate in arts and culture.
@cvanetwork
and DACS convened a Visual Arts roundtable with Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
@ThangamMP
,
@LilianGreenwood
and Lord Bassam
@SteveTheQuip
, presenting together with other organisations the critical challenges artists face today.
Ey up ducks!
Legendary panto dame, John Elkington, is doing a tandem skydive with 37 other staff and supporters to fundraise for our Shine project
@skydivelangar
Donate here if you can, every little helps:
Good to meet the shadow
library minister
@LilianGreenwood
today with
@ayubkhan786
to discuss how innovative English libraries are and how essential they are for their communities
Rape has been effectively decriminalised.
Survivors are being put through a horrific ordeal for years, with little hope of justice being served, and Rishi Sunak refuses to even acknowledge the problem.
I was heckled when I raised this at
#PMQs
. Here’s what’s really happening 🧵
@mrJamesGraham
@LilianGreenwood
Saw Punch on Saturday night. So powerful - brilliant script, excellent cast and a stunning central performance. Cannot recommend this highly enough.
Pleased and proud to welcome
#NottinghamLegends
, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, to the Houses of Parliament today. Amazing to think that Chris and Jayne’s gold medal winning
#Bolero
at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics was 40 years ago!
Our Green Heart is coming along nicely.💚We're creating walk-ways, seating areas, with trees, plants & a new marsh area. It's due to open this summer.
This is a key element of the wider Broad Marsh Vision & is funded by Transforming Cities Funding.
Big welcome to
@NCT_Buses
new electric buses to the NCT Green 11 route serving
#TheMeadows
today - bigger vehicles, and quieter - here serving Bridgeway Shopping Centre.
Busy day for our Public Affairs team as they met with MPs
@LilianGreenwood
&
@JamesDavies
to discuss vital steps towards enhancing
#dementia
prevention & improving diagnosis through the adoption of new research innovations. 🤝
Punch by
@mrJamesGraham
based on the real life story of
@JacobFreeeman
has been in my head since I saw it last week. Today’s Justice Questions seemed like a good opportunity to ask about the role of restorative justice - and to encourage my colleagues to see this powerful play
Sarah's story: ‘It does matter’
Here,
@ambideafkid
shares her story & talks about the benefits of having a cochlear implant, difficulties communicating with the general public, & how she hopes to be a positive role model:
#ItDoesMatter
#DeafAwarenessWeek
I can’t choose one nurse at NUH, but thank you to all the nurses in our hospitals who care for me, my family, friends and constituents,day in, day out. You are amazing.
#NursesDay
👩⚕️ | Everyday heroes that make up a huge part of the NHS workforce, providing compassionate care and vital support around 24/7.
Know a Nurse at NUH? Tag them in the comments and wish them a
#HappyInternationalNursesDay
Proud to be a supporter of
@kimleadbeater
’s Bill. There is good evidence that GDL could save lives and it deserves proper consideration by government. No one has done more to push this onto the UK political agenda than
@ian_m_greenwood
.
Very proud to present my Bill on Graduated Driving Licences in Parliament this week, supported by
@TheAA_UK
@TheRAC_UK
@Brakecharity
& inspired by
@ian_m_greenwood
& Alice. I hope this will be the first step on an overdue journey to increase safety & save lives on our roads
#GDL
Pleased to gather Labour's Shadow Ministers today to ensure every department in a Labour govt works to halve violence against women. Unlike the Tories, we won't fail victims.