StatusClosed
Opened21 Oct 2025
Closes21 Apr 2026
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Unseal the official documents relating to Nottingham's Race Riots, so that academics in Nottingham can work with the community to restore the true narrative. Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures and institutional racism.
When writing my dissertation on how a reprisal against anti-Black racial violence in Nottingham was a catalyst for Nottingham and Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riots, I was advised that key court documents relating to the 1958 racial violence are sealed for 100 years; which is far beyond the standard 20 year restriction applied by the National Archives & noticeably longer than the 75-year sealing of official records from the Notting Hill Race Riots.
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1Nadia Whittome MP
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Nottingham North and Kimberley3James Naish MP
Rushcliffe4Lilian Greenwood MP
Nottingham South5Michael Payne MP
Gedling6Lee Anderson MP
Ashfield7Damien Egan MP
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Broxtowe9Jo White MP
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