More than 1 in 5 service personnel in Yorkshire are living in the lowest grade of service accommodation, shocking figures have revealed. MoD data uncovered by Labour shows that 1,720 [...]
Care home staff in Bramley have told John that things have turned a corner after the difficulties they faced during the Covid-19 pandemic. Silverwood Care Home is a purpose built [...]
John Healey made a special visit to Ravenfield Primary School recently. The Wentworth and Dearne MP announced the winner of his Christmas Card Competition for 2022 at a special assembly. [...]
John Healey MP has said that Labour is on the side of small businesses and supporting our high streets, while setting out Labour’s policies during the tenth anniversary of Small [...]
John Healey MP was invited to look at the refurbishment works which have transformed Winterwell Post Office on Melton High Street. New owners, Subhash and Mayur Khunti, took over the [...]
Representatives from two local businesses joined John Healey and Labour Leader Keir Starmer at a special reception in Westminster. Simon Lilley, Head of Finance at packaging company CEPAC, and Adam [...]
John Healey joined workers at Tesco in Wath-upon-Dearne as they came together to raise awareness of Usdaw’s Freedom from Fear campaign. The Union represents shopworkers and recently revealed in its [...]
Youngsters at Bramley Sunnyside Junior School told John Healey that they want to do more to help save energy and tackle climate change. The Wentworth and Dearne MP met with [...]
On this Remembrance Sunday, we pause to thank those like D-Day veteran Joe Cattini, who've served valiantly in our Armed Forces to defend our country. But above all, we remember [...]
Help 4 Homeless Veterans invited me to take a look at the work they do across South Yorkshire. The Charity is based on Regent Street South in Barnsley and offers [...]
John Healey has encouraged local residents in Rotherham and Barnsley to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of UK Armed Forces this Remembrance Sunday. This week, communities across the [...]
John Healey MP is celebrating 20 years of the success of the Small Breweries Relief (SBR) which he brought in during the Labour Government in 2002. The SBR was introduced [...]
John Healey has called on the Health Secretary to drop plans to end free prescriptions for people over 60. Currently, prescriptions are free for people aged over 60 in England, [...]
John Healey has called on the Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, to help save Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) due to the crucial emergency services and national security functions based at the [...]
During my speech at Labour Party Conference, I made clear that as the Party of working people and trade unions, Labour knows defence spending can strengthen our economy and sovereignty. [...]
I am extremely disappointed to be told that the Home Office have extended the exclusive contract with the Holiday Inn at Manvers for another year, until October 2023. Once again, [...]
My thoughts, and those of everyone in our area, are with the Royal Family at this very sad time. This is the moment we knew must come but never wanted. [...]
New figures from NHS England show that 17% of people in South Yorkshire could not get an appointment to see or speak to a GP or nurse in June. Meanwhile, [...]
New analysis from the Labour Party has revealed that the amount of water leaked from the under-funded system in Yorkshire would supply 26 electric showers every day for every household. [...]
John Healey MP called in to Pop’s Outdoor Adventure Centre to see the work it’s been doing to help keep children across Rotherham fit and healthy during the summer holidays. [...]
Figures show that almost 42,000 people are living in fuel poverty across Rotherham and Barnsley. Statistics on the Government website show 20,889 households in Rotherham were classed as living in [...]
New Government figures have revealed that British Army recruits have dropped by 28% in Yorkshire and the Humber - as Conservatives push ahead with further cuts of 10,000 troops to [...]
John Healey has said that families across Rotherham and Barnsley would save £1,000 on energy bills this winter under Labour plans to address the Tory cost of living crisis. The [...]
The Earl of Strafford in Hooton Roberts has reopened following a £250,000 refurbishment. Joh Healey was invited for a tour of the pub, which is owned and operated by the [...]
Families across Rotherham and Barnsley are being let down by the government when it comes to dealing with the backlog of hundreds of thousands of passport applications. John Healey says [...]
John Healey and other coalfield Labour MPs this week won a breakthrough for ex-miners when the Treasury announced miners pension payments will rise by 11% instead of 4% this Autumn [...]
New figures from the NHS show that almost 40 000 people are stuck waiting for NHS treatment across Rotherham and Barnsley. At the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, following a [...]
Rotherham Council's bid for much-needed Levelling Up funds has been held back because the government website for applications has only just become available some six weeks after it was supposed [...]
John Healey called in to look at the hard work of horticultural students at St. Pius X Catholic High School in Wath. Pupils have been planting and growing vegetables and [...]
John Healey has helped secure a new water tap for Greasbrough Lane Cemetery in Rawmarsh after visitors contacted him about the long walk to get water for their loved one’s [...]
Clifton Medical Centre’s branch at Wickersley Health Centre will now stay open after GPs listened to local patients and residents in the area. The news comes after John Healey and [...]
John Healey invited local Rotherham, Rawmarsh and Parkgate Royal British Legion Chairman, Ron Moffatt MBE, to join him and Labour Leader Keir Starmer at a special reception to mark Armed [...]
John with the S62 Community Together group John Healey is celebrating the difference that local volunteers make by saying thank you to three local community groups. As part [...]
MP John Healey and local Labour councillors have pledged to help patients halt the closure of Wickersley Health Centre. They’ve launched a petition urging the GPs to think again and [...]
John Healey says latest figures showing food bank usage has risen by 42% across Rotherham in the last year shows the real impact of the cost of living crisis. While [...]
John Healey has slammed the Government for delaying much needed football governance reform. The Government has now confirmed that it supports the creation of an independent regulator for English football, [...]
John Healey says people feel ‘abandoned’ by the Government and left to fend for themselves in the cost of living crisis. Residents are talking to him about their struggle with [...]
John Healey is calling for a crack-down on anti-social behaviour which the MP says is making more and more people’s lives a misery. His call for action comes as new [...]
John is celebrating the first school road safety signs outside at Carrfield Primary and Goldthorpe Primary schools. It follows his community campaign with local parents, residents and schools for a [...]
I have been informed by the Home Office that they intend to take over our local Holiday Inn Express “on a temporary basis … to start using to accommodate asylum [...]
John Healey was on hand to launch Wath’s new Royal British Legion branch. The Shadow Defence Secretary joined the group at their first coffee morning event at St James’ Tea [...]
John Healey has backed British steel to provide the hardware needed for the country’s national security and strategic infrastructure. HMRC recently withdrew its winding up petition against the specialty steels [...]
I’ve been contacted by a number of people recently that are concerned with the cost of living crisis and rising household bills. If you are experiencing financial problems the [...]
John Healey has written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions following the announcement that 285 jobs at the Department would be moved from the Dearne. It was [...]
John Healey has called on the Chancellor to rethink his policy on red diesel and help local metal recycling companies ahead of the Spring Statement this week. The Government plans [...]
Plans by the government to introduce a ‘medicines tax’ have been condemned by John Healey. Currently, prescriptions are free for people aged over 60 in England, but the Department for [...]
John’s response to the announcement that HMRC has withdrawn its winding up petition against the speciality steels division of Liberty Steel: “I urged the Businesses Secretary last month to get [...]
Over the last few weeks the world has changed. We have all watched in horror as almost two thousand miles away, in Ukraine, a country full of people going about [...]
John called in to see Nicola Drew and Maggie Warren from Wath who have set up the Support Ukraine Rotherham group on Facebook. They've been inundated with donations from people [...]
I spoke in Parliament recently regarding the situation in Ukraine. The UK is united in condemnation of Putin’s invasion of a sovereign democratic country, in support of heroic Ukrainian resistance [...]
President Putin has launched a war in Europe. His attack on Ukraine is an attack on democracy and a grave violation of [...]
John Healey has called on the Business Secretary to ensure HMRC get back around the table with Liberty Steel after the company was recently hit with a winding up order. [...]
Cortonwood Comeback Community Centre will be hosting a Jobs Fair next week in Brampton. This event has been backed by MP John Healey and local Brampton councillors Denise Lelliott and [...]
John's response to the news that HMRC has issued a winding-up petition against the speciality steels division of Liberty Steel: John said: "This news is deeply unsettling for workers in [...]
John Healey has called on the government to do more when it comes to creating apprenticeships across Rotherham and Barnsley. He’s urging the government to adopt Labour’s plan to create [...]
John Healey has backed five tests set out by the Labour Party which the Government’s Levelling Up plan must meet in order to deliver on the promises of the 2019 [...]
John Healey has written to the Chancellor urging him to act now to help people deal with sky high energy costs. In the letter to Rishi Sunak John has set [...]
I have received a number of emails recently regarding the parties held at Downing Street. Thank you to everyone that has been in touch. I appreciate the strength of feeling [...]
John called into the Comeback Centre in Brampton to visit the local senior citizens group for a cuppa and a chat. The group started in 1986 to provide social activities [...]
John Healey MP says the Government could cut rising energy bills by taking up Labour’s fully-costed plans to help people struggling with energy prices. He’s urging Conservatives to set aside [...]
John Healey says cost of living is a bigger worry than Covid for many people, as they head back to work and school this week. Families across the borough [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey has revealed that The Ministry of Defence has blown billions of pounds at the same time as cutting Army numbers and freezing forces pay. [...]
John Healey’s Office will be closed from 12pm on Wednesday 22nd December 2021 until Tuesday 4th January 2022 During this time the following information may be helpful. Hot meals and [...]
John Healey has backed the urgent NHS drive on ‘booster jabs’ and called for more volunteers, after helping out at local vaccination centres this week. The NHS is offering all [...]
Thank you to those who have contacted me with their views on the government’s latest COVID-19 regulations, which are set to be voted on in the Commons this afternoon (14th [...]
John Healey MP has slammed as ‘incompetent’ the Government’s failure to win US agreement to drop special trade tariffs on UK steel and aluminium. The International Trade Secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, [...]
John recently paid a visit to Dearne Valley College's College Cooperative. The new shop sells products made by the local community for the local community and is run by staff [...]
John Healey MP has warned UK steelmakers face an ‘unhappy new year’ without a deal on US steel tariffs in a letter to the Secretary of State for Trade, Anne-Marie [...]
John Healey MP has called for more support for local high streets and small firms on Small Business Saturday tomorrow (Saturday 4 December). According to the Federation of Small Businesses, [...]
John Healey’s Christmas Card Competition has returned for 2021 after taking a break last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Wentworth and Dearne MP announced the winner at a [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, has backed Primark’s plans to halve its carbon footprint and improve the lives of the people who make the company’s products. John recently visited [...]
MP John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) has commented on today's Government announcement on rail plans for the North. “This is a massive let-down for the North. While many will feel [...]
MP John Healey joined staff and volunteers at the Barnardo’s shop in Parkgate last week (Thursday 11 November) to back their appeal for more volunteers to help in their local [...]
Analysis released by Labour MP John Healey, verified by the House of Commons Library, shows that both Barnsley and Rotherham have each lost over £3m in funding for local public [...]
MP John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) has dedicated a cross in Parliament’s Remembrance Garden to decorated Swinton war hero Lance Corporal Thomas Norman Jackson VC. Members of Parliament have been [...]
John Healey MP (Wentworth and Dearne) has responded to the House of Commons Transport Committee report on smart motorways and has said: "This report adds to overwhelming evidence against so-called [...]
Raw sewage is being routinely pumped into rivers in Yorkshire by Yorkshire Water, local MP John Healey can reveal in new figures he’s released. In the last year, Yorkshire Water [...]
Responding to this week's Budget (Wednesday 27 October) and the announcements over Rotherham's and Barnsley's bids in the Levelling Up Fund, Wentworth and Dearne Labour MP John Healey has said: [...]
A PARKGATE company has warned it will have to cut jobs if the Government press ahead with a switch their MP has described as a ‘tax grab’. Ron Hull Jnr [...]
John Healey MP with Emma McClarkin, CEO of the British Beer and Pub Association. MP John Healey has backed a campaign to support local pubs and breweries. The [...]
Reacting to the refinancing news from GFG Alliance, including £50m into Liberty UK with funds to restart the furnaces in Rotherham, local Labour MP John Healey said: “This is a [...]
After campaigning for better mental health support for children, John has welcomed a pledge to put counsellors in schools. The MP's survey of local schools in 2018 found nearly all [...]
A number of new, fully-costed policies were announced at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, including: Economy New ‘Office for Value for Money’ to check public money is spent wisely [...]
MP John Healey is hosting a training session for small businesses and charities with internet giant Google on 15 October. The online event will be an opportunity for small businesses [...]
John Healey MP, Bob Boyle and Cllr Emma Hoddinott at Silverwood Nature Reserve. Silverwood Nature Reserve is to be better protected from off-road vehicles after a successful campaign [...]
John is looking for a skilled communications officer who understands the Wentworth & Dearne constituency and has a keen interest in highlighting issues that matter to people living there. This [...]
John has called on the Home Secretary to provide the support the Government promised after two visits to the Holiday Inn in Manvers which saw Afghan nationals arrive on Monday [...]
The Government is planning to cut Universal Credit (UC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC) by £20 a week from October 6. Labour is forcing a vote in the House of [...]
Troops who took part in the Afghanistan evacuation should get medals, local MP and Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey has said. More than 1,000 UK service personnel took part in [...]
John and volunteers have been out delivering his 2021 report to residents this summer. You can read the report here but there are different versions for each area. If you [...]
One in four low-income families are set to lose more than £1,000 a year if Government plans to cut Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit go ahead. MP John Healey [...]
Nuclear test veterans and families, L to R, Alan Owen, Laura Morris, John Morris, Jacqueline Purse and Steve Purse. Picture David Dyson. John has urged nuclear test veterans [...]
John has urged the Government to clarify its plans for rail in the north, after reports the HS2 leg running through South Yorkshire has been halted. Mr Healey met the [...]
John has paid a visit to the BDR Renewi waste treatment facility at Manvers to check how the company is responding to complaints from residents. For a number of years, [...]
John is celebrating success in his campaign for a 20mph speed limit on roads around schools in the Dearne. He launched the initiative in January alongside local councillors, community campaigners [...]
Campaigning by steelworkers and a debate forced by Labour has led to a last-minute Government U-turn over the removal of safeguard tariffs on cheap steel imports. Wentworth & Dearne MP [...]
Wentworth & Dearne MP and shadow defence secretary John Healey has launched a national survey of veterans, and is encouraging local veterans, charities and support groups to share their views. [...]
I want to know what matters to you, and any concerns you have about where you live. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to let me [...]