Yorkshire to host start of 2014 Tour de France
Yorkshire to host start of 2014 Tour de France John Healey has welcomed news today that Yorkshire has won its bid to host the Grand Depart and second stage of [...]
Yorkshire to host start of 2014 Tour de France John Healey has welcomed news today that Yorkshire has won its bid to host the Grand Depart and second stage of [...]
John visits Dearne food bank providing food for 40 families each week MORE than 40 food parcels are handed out to desperate Goldthorpe families every week. Goldthorpe Salvation Army hosts [...]
MP announces Christmas card competition winner John Healey MP announced the winner of his annual Christmas card competition today. Every year his card – which is sent to around 1,000 [...]
MP backs Rawmarsh centre's lottery bid John Healey has thrown his weight behind Rawmarsh’s High Street Centre, which has put in a bid for nearly £300,000 in Lottery funding. The [...]
John urges Rotherham carers to seek support John Healey has urged Rotherham’s 30,000 carers to seek the support they are entitled to. The Wentworth and Dearne MP is backing a [...]
John urges more action to cut energy bills LOCAL MP John Healey is urging the Government to use carbon taxes to cut energy bills and tackle fuel poverty. He has [...]
Work programme is a miserable failure for South Yorkshire Figures released today show that the Government’s Work Programme is failing to get local people back to work in Rotherham and [...]
MP calls debate to expose Government's "rip-off rate" phone lines MP John Healey called a debate last night to expose the “rip-off rates” many poor, vulnerable and distressed people are [...]
John celebrates surrogacy rights campaign win MP John Healey is celebrating a huge step forward in his campaign to secure leave and pay rights for mums who have babies through [...]
Information on support for Rotherham constituents, after resignation of MP Denis MacShane The constituency staff of Denis MacShane continue to be available to try to assist constituents who require help [...]
Claimants of disabled and sickness benefits being charged rip-off rates for helplines Figures obtained by MP John Healey show elderly and vulnerable people are being charged rip-off rates to make [...]
John backing bid to criminalise social tenancy fraud John Healey has backed a Bill aimed at cracking down on subletting by council tenants, as it reached the crucial Committee stage. [...]
John joins schools for equipment presentation at Tesco Tesco in Wath-upon-Dearne welcomed John Healey MP and local schools who have received new equipment through the supermarket’s vouchers scheme. Swinton Fitzwilliam [...]
John warns of rising unemployment and a divided Britain JOHN Healey has warned that unemployment is still going up in South Yorkshire, creating a divided country. New employment figures out [...]
John calls on Government to remark GCSE papers YOUNG people in Rotherham and Barnsley are being denied opportunities because of English GCSE downgrading, an MP has told the Education Secretary. [...]
MP welcomes £1m lottery fund for Dearne MP John Healey has welcomed news that a second part of the Dearne will receive £1 million in Lottery funding. The money from [...]
MP backs fight against breast cancer Local MP John Healey is backing the fight against breast cancer and urging constituents to join him in “Wear it Pink” day - Breast [...]
John calls for more funding to tackle one of Rotherham and Barnsley's biggest killers AN MP is calling for more funding and better support for victims of chest disease, which [...]
Government climb down on plans to scrap crime compensation A ROTHERHAM MP has welcomed an eleventh-hour government climb-down on plans to scrap compensation payments for crime victims. John Healey was [...]
MP backs cancer charity with coffee morning MP John Healey is backing Macmillan Cancer Support by hosting another coffee morning. The popular event, held every year at the MP’s office [...]
John supports Unison at Rotherham show John Healey showed his support for Unison volunteers at the trade union's stall at Rotherham Show at the weekend. Unison will be marching against [...]
John supports defibrillator campaign AN MP learned life-saving skills as part of a campaign to introduce defibrillators to public buildings. John Healey was taught CPR and how to use a [...]
MP warns fire cuts will lead to deaths South Yorkshire MP John Healey said he was giving the Government their “final warning” that if planned fire cuts go ahead “more [...]
John demands fairness in lottery funding after figures show South Yorkshire towns have lost £83m MP John Healey is demanding fairness in lottery funding after new research showing many parts [...]
Youth unemployment triples in constituency in year Youth unemployment has more than tripled in the Wentworth and Dearne constituency in the last year. New employment statistics showed the number of [...]
Building a better economy Buried by news of British Olympic golds last week, the Bank of England admitted it had called the economy wrong. A year ago it said growth [...]
MP backs 'free lunch for poorest students' call DEARNE MP John Healey is backing a campaign to give free meals to the poorest college students. It would benefit one in [...]
Rotherham MPs back bid to make Yorkshire first Fairtrade region Rotherham is backing a campaign for Yorkshire to become the first Fairtrade region. The town won Fairtrade status in 2006 [...]
John leading fight for fairer fire funding in South Yorkshire DEARNE MP John Healey is leading the fight for a fairer funding deal for Metropolitan fire services, including South Yorkshire. [...]
'FE loans coming at worst possible time' - MP DEARNE MP John Healey has criticised the government for charging older students more at “the worst possible time” and not giving [...]
MP challenges government on air ambulance fuel payments Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey challenged the Government in a Commons debate on the return of VAT on air ambulance fuel [...]
MP warns loans will put thousands of college MP John Healey has warned thousands of would-be students will be put off going to college because of government plans to introduce [...]
Government in fresh u-turn over sale of forests John Healey MP thanked everyone who joined the campaign to keep woodland in England in public hands after the Independent Panel on [...]
Decision not to choose Leeds as specialist children's heart surgery centre John has expressed his disappointment after the outcome of the 'Safe and Sustainable' review and decision of the Joint [...]
MP asks minister to pledge to keep local courts open The Justice Minister failed to promise to keep Rotherham and Barnsley magistrates’ courts open, after being challenged in Parliament by [...]
John backs bill to criminalise council housing fraud John Healey is backing a Bill aimed at cracking down on subletting by council tenants. As Housing Minister, in 2009, Mr Healey [...]
Biggest drop in NHS satisfaction in decades - MP urges PM to keep promise John Healey has called on David Cameron to live up to his promise to protect the [...]
MP backs care home under threat from bank 'mis-selling' MP John Healey has stepped in to back a company which claims mis-selling by Barclays is threatening their business, including two [...]
John urges government to save local Army regiment THE Government must end speculation that part of the Yorkshire Regiment is about to be scrapped and reassure soldiers and their families [...]
Loan shark victims urged to come forward in local campaign A campaign has been launched in Doncaster and Rotherham to show loan shark victims where to turn. The England Illegal [...]
John backs 'le bid' John Healey is backing Yorkshire’s bid to host the Grand Depart of the Tour de France. He has provided a letter of support to Welcome to [...]
A failing Bill? The Local Government Finance Bill was rushed through the Commons, yet lay dormant for months before its recent arrival in the Lords. John Healey explains why he [...]
John helps in charity shop for Volunteers Week John Healey MP volunteered at the Rotherham Hospice shop in Wath to support Volunteers Week 2012 which runs June 1 to 7. [...]
Top politicians hit out at police cuts and privatisation plans MP John Healey and Shaun Wright, vice chairman of South Yorkshire Police Authority, have criticised Government cuts after new figures [...]
MP welcomes college's support for young people MP John Healey has welcomed news that Dearne Valley College is to introduce its own version of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). The [...]
John presents petition against 'caravan tax' John Healey was among 27 MPs to present a petition to Parliament calling for a stop to the “caravan tax.” In this year’s Budget [...]
"Return of poll tax" - MP warns A SOUTH Yorkshire MP has warned of “the return of the poll tax” with planned Government cuts to council tax benefit. MPs debated [...]
MP winning campaign against 'rip-off' doctors' phone numbers DOZENS of GPs have stopped – or pledged to stop – using rip-off phone numbers just months after they were criticised by [...]
MP opens job zone at Dearne Valley College John Healey has officially opened Dearne Valley College’s (DVC) new Job Zone initiative. Based at the Manvers Campus, the new service in [...]
John calls for better support for UK's six million carers Local MP John Healey has teamed up with TV presenter and former carer Fiona Phillips to support this year’s Carers [...]
Healey on risk register report to Parliament from Information Commissioner Responding to the Information Commissioner’s report to Parliament today on the “Ministerial veto on disclosure of the Department of Health’s [...]
John Healey writes to Prime Minister over cabinet NHS risk register veto Rt Hon David Cameron MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA 9 May 2012 Dear Prime [...]
Reports Government will veto release of NHS transition risk register – Clegg challenged to stand up for public’s right to know John Healey MP has reacted to reports that the [...]
Government to veto release of NHS transition risk register John Healey MP first asked for release of the risk register on the Government’s NHS reforms in November 2010. Today in [...]
John writes to NHS Commissioning Board Chief Executive to request release of risk register Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE Chief Executive NHS Commissioning Board Quarry House Quarry Hill Leeds LS2 [...]
A truly transparent government would stop fighting the publication of its risk assessments on NHS reforms The legal clock is ticking for the government, as ministers must decide next week [...]
Pledges pour in as Rotherham loneliness campaign is launched More than 40 individuals, business and partners pledged to end loneliness for more than 17,000 older people in Rotherham, as a [...]
Government writing a "blank cheque" for energy companies - MP Local MP John Healey has accused the Government of “writing a blank cheque” for energy companies and urged them to [...]
Fight for maternity rights in surrogacy taken to Westminster A campaign started by two Rotherham women to widen maternity rights has gone all the way to Westminster. Cousins Jane Kassim [...]
Legal advice cuts will hit most vulnerable – MP GOVERNMENT plans to cut funding for free legal advice have been slammed by a local MP. It is feared the Legal [...]
Information Rights Tribunal releases decision notice on NHS transition risk register After hearing the case on 5-6 March, on 9 March the Tribunal dismissed the Department of Health’s appeal against [...]
MP urges government to back British beer John Healey MP has urged the Chancellor to back British beer. Calling it the “first Budget 2013 representation”, the former Pubs Minister has [...]
Press statement - John Healey MP. John Healey MP, who first asked for release of the risk register on the Government's NHS reorganisation in November 2010, welcomed today’s Information Tribunal's [...]
Rotherham secondaries facing country's biggest funding cuts, MPs warn ROTHERHAM secondary schools are facing the biggest funding cuts in the country, two of the town's MPs have warned. The budget [...]
MP urges more action to tackle hike in energy bills John Healey has called on the Government to do more to help families and older people facing rocketing energy bills. [...]