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7 12, 2012

MP announces Christmas card competition winner

2016-01-14T11:10:58+00:007th December 2012|

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 [...]

5 12, 2012

MP backs Rawmarsh centre’s lottery bid

2016-01-14T11:11:06+00:005th December 2012|

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 [...]

3 12, 2012

John urges Rotherham carers to seek support

2016-01-14T11:11:12+00:003rd December 2012|

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 [...]

29 11, 2012

John urges more action to cut energy bills

2016-01-14T11:11:17+00:0029th November 2012|

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 [...]

22 11, 2012

John celebrates surrogacy rights campaign win

2016-01-14T11:11:34+00:0022nd November 2012|

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 [...]

19 10, 2012

John joins schools for equipment presentation at Tesco

2016-01-14T11:11:57+00:0019th October 2012|

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 [...]

15 10, 2012

John calls on Government to remark GCSE papers

2016-01-14T11:12:17+00:0015th October 2012|

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. [...]

12 10, 2012

MP welcomes £1m lottery fund for Dearne

2016-01-14T11:12:23+00:0012th October 2012|

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 [...]

19 09, 2012

MP backs fight against breast cancer

2016-01-14T11:12:28+00:0019th September 2012|

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 [...]

11 09, 2012

MP backs cancer charity with coffee morning

2016-01-14T11:12:45+00:0011th September 2012|

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 [...]

11 09, 2012

John supports Unison at Rotherham show

2016-01-14T11:12:50+00:0011th September 2012|

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 [...]

7 09, 2012

John supports defibrillator campaign

2016-01-14T11:12:59+00:007th September 2012|

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 [...]

6 09, 2012

MP warns fire cuts will lead to deaths

2016-01-14T11:13:05+00:006th September 2012|

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 [...]

16 08, 2012

Youth unemployment triples in constituency in year

2016-01-14T11:13:17+00:0016th August 2012|

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 [...]

14 08, 2012

Building a better economy

2016-01-14T11:13:22+00:0014th August 2012|

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 [...]

10 07, 2012

MP warns loans will put thousands of college

2016-01-14T11:13:56+00:0010th July 2012|

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 [...]

10 07, 2012

Government in fresh u-turn over sale of forests

2016-01-14T11:14:03+00:0010th July 2012|

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 [...]

20 06, 2012

John urges government to save local Army regiment

2016-01-14T11:14:38+00:0020th June 2012|

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 [...]

19 06, 2012

John backs ‘le bid’

2016-01-14T11:14:50+00:0019th June 2012|

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 [...]

1 06, 2012

A failing Bill?

2016-01-14T11:14:56+00:001st June 2012|

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 [...]

23 05, 2012

MP welcomes college’s support for young people

2016-01-14T11:15:11+00:0023rd May 2012|

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 [...]

23 05, 2012

John presents petition against ‘caravan tax’

2016-01-14T11:15:17+00:0023rd May 2012|

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 [...]

22 05, 2012

“Return of poll tax” – MP warns

2016-01-14T11:15:24+00:0022nd May 2012|

"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 [...]

16 05, 2012

MP opens job zone at Dearne Valley College

2016-01-14T11:15:36+00:0016th May 2012|

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 [...]

26 03, 2012

MP urges government to back British beer

2016-01-14T11:16:49+00:0026th March 2012|

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 [...]

9 03, 2012

Press statement – John Healey MP.

2016-01-14T11:16:53+00:009th March 2012|

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 [...]

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