🚌 £2 bus fare cap 🚌 Free bus travel for 5 to 15 year olds in Notts this month 🚌 Free bus travel for 16 to 18 year olds in Notts this month thanks to Mayor Claire Ward My latest column for the Hucknall Dispatch ⤵️

Michelle Welsh column: Keeping Hucknall moving with affordable bus travel

For many people here in and around Hucknall the bus isn't just another way to get around – it's how you get to work, college, the doctor's surgery, the shops, or simply visit family and friends.

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It was fantastic to visit Newstead Abbey, one of our constituency's most treasured landmarks - a real gem of Sherwood Forest!

🌼 It was a pleasure to chat with Jo today and spend time with the wonderful volunteers from Edwinstowe in Bloom as they welcomed the Britain in Bloom judges to the village.

Earlier this week I spent the day at Nottingham City Hospital in my role as Chair of the Maternity Learning and Improvement Board, a role I was asked to take on following the recommendations of Donna Ockenden's inquiry ⤵️

💷 £24.3 Million from the Labour Government 💷 £7.5 Million from Labour Mayor ✅A614 Improvements Finally Being Delivered When I became the MP for Sherwood Forest, I was determined to get this over the line. For far too long promises were made and promises were broken on the A614 🚗

Labour is tackling the social care crisis head on, working together across party lines to drive urgent reform 🌹 💬 Got views? Feed into The Big Conversation ⬇️ caseycommission.co.uk/bigconversat...

I really enjoyed visiting MiRiCal Emblems Ltd in Blidworth and learning more about the incredible work they do. It was fascinating to see the whole printing process from start to finish and meet the talented team behind their products.

A huge thank you to everyone in Year 5 at Ravenshead C of E Primary School for your thoughtful letter about the proposed housing development in Ravenshead and this fantastic poster! I am so impressed by the passion and care you've shown for the village, its green spaces and its wildlife 🌳🦋

🚨 Have your say on Hucknall's future - join the Pride in Place board 📢 Applications are now open to join the Hucknall Pride in Place Board, helping shape how £20 million is invested in our town over the next decade.

Today I had the pleasure of visiting Manor Park Infant School & Nursery in Calverton to meet the Head and to see the fantastic work taking place there 🍎 It was wonderful to meet the dedicated staff and see first-hand the inspiring learning environment they've created for their pupils.

My statement on the Gedling Borough Council Draft Local Plan 📄

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If you are a constituent of Sherwood Forest and would like to come along to a hybrid meeting to discuss SEND with me on 22nd July, get in touch 📧

Action on the planned construction access to Dorothy Avenue/Delia Avenue on Vaughan Estate, Hucknall 🚧 Sending construction traffic, HGVs and heavy machinery through an established residential neighbourhood is the wrong decision and would have a significant impact on local families ⬇️

Update on Whyburn Farm & Misk Hills 👇

This week is Birth Trauma Awareness Week ⤵️

It was great to bring residents together in Clipstone this weekend to hear your views, answer questions and discuss the issues that matter most to our community over a cuppa ☕ Your feedback as always is invaluable and helps shape my work in Parliament - thanks for coming!

Last week I held a debate in Westminster Hall on Prison Safety, raising issues around HMP Lowdham Grange in Sherwood Forest ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljyy...

Michelle Welsh MP holds Westminster Hall Debate on Prison Safety 23.06.26

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Today’s apology for the historic forced adoption of thousands of babies is a long-overdue acknowledgement of a profound injustice. To the mothers, adoptees & families who have carried this pain for decades: your courage and determination have ensured these historic wrongs are finally recognised.

Starmer says forced adoptions a 'stain on our history', as he gives formal apology

The practice saw thousands of babies taken from their mothers between 1949 and 1976.

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Today at PMQs, I told the Prime Minister that too many families harmed by failures in maternity care are forced to relive their trauma simply to uncover the truth.

My statement on the removal of the harms of ‘normal birth’ ideology in the Baroness Amos Report 📄

If you are a constituent of Sherwood Forest and would like to come along to a hybrid meeting to discuss SEND with me on 22nd July, get in touch 📧

"Reviews do not save lives - action does" My response to the Baroness Amos report into Maternity and Neonatal Services published today 👇

Yesterday I spoke to BBC Politics East Midlands about the Donna Ockenden review ⤵️

My piece for the Ravenshead Newsletter on the proposed housing development in Ravenshead ⬇️

I recently challenged the Government on the lack of accountability from FirstPort and called for stronger regulation to protect residents from unfair estate management practices 👇

This afternoon, I asked the Secretary of State for a clear plan to deliver justice for families impacted by harm, loss and failures in care by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 👇

Michelle Welsh MP Speaks on Ockenden Report in House of Commons 24.06.26

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A joint statement on the publication of the Ockenden report from MPs whose constituents are under the care of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust:

"We cannot have any more reviews that sit on the shelf. We have to take action." My interview with Mother&Baby ahead of Donna Ockenden's report publication today ⬇️ www.motherandbaby.com/pregnancy/la...

"It shouldn't be a lottery": Michelle Welsh MP on why every woman deserves a safe birth

The maternity adviser reveals how her own birth trauma fuels her fight for safer care.

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Today, Donna Ockenden's report on maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust will be published at 11.45am. My thoughts are with the families whose experiences have shaped this review. Their courage in speaking out has helped expose failings that must never be repeated.

It was an honour to meet with Alan Gascoyne today, the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme Pensioner Representative Trustee for Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire ⛏️