East Midlands Green Party

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Supporting Green Party campaigners across Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland. Promoted by East Midlands Green Party, at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ.

East Midlands Green Party statement of solidarity following the latest update to the EHRC's code of practice 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

We stand in solidarity with the trans community.

The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a direct threat to the dignity, safety and participation of trans people in public lifeOn 21 May 2026, the Women and Equalities Minister, Bridget Phillipson, laid the EHRC’s updated Code of Practice before Parliament. If approved, it will shape how the Equality Act is applied across public services. MPs have until 30 June 2026 to oppose its implementation.

The draft Code encourages the exclusion of trans people from toilets, changing rooms, and other public spaces; legitimises invasive questioning and policing of people’s bodies and identities; pressures service providers to adopt exclusionary and segregationist policies; and would significantly increase the likelihood of trans people experiencing harassment, outing, and denial of services.

Taken together, these provisions represent an unprecedented rollback of the rights of the trans community. If implemented, the EHRC guidance would normalise discrimination in everyday life, undermine existing equality protections and create widespread confusion for organisations attempting to comply with the law.

The East Midlands Green Party condemns this draft Code in the strongest terms and calls on MPs to reject the Code, to ensure that it receives proper parliamentary scrutiny and to protect the integrity of the Equality Act from exclusionary reinterpretation.

Free bus travel for under 22s is just one step to help support those areas devastated by years of austerity. KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5. news.sky.com/story/green-...

Green Party calls for free bus travel in England for under-22s

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