News Log
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March 2010
February 2010
- Report anti-social behaviour at MP's drop-in
- New support for asbestos victims
- John to lead Government support for community pubs
- MP urges miners to lodge complaints over compensation fees
- Dearne University plans reach milestone
January 2010
- Action to unlock people's talents in Rotherham
- John pledges to continue fight against Wath police station closure
December 2009
- MP vows to fight Wath police station closure
- Miners' compensation fees fight continues
- 10,000 landmark reached on Imagination Library
- MP welcomes Post Office banking plans
November 2009
- Minister announces tenancy cheats crackdown
- A warm welcome for local MP as part of Warm Homes campaign
- John announces a further £3.5m for affordable homes in South Yorkshire
- Breakthrough in miners' compensation fees fight
- South Yorkshire homeowners to get help to avoid repossession
- John helps open Rotherham's new community health centre
- MP tries out new £1.4m sports facilities
October 2009
- Record number of local homes made warmer and more fuel efficient through Government's Warm Front scheme
- John wears it pink to help beat breast cancer
- Local GCSE results among most improved in country
- MP supports Rotherham's older people's day
- John opens Rotherham Arts Festival
September 2009
- MP raises charity cash with coffee morning
- Homes and jobs boost for coalfield communities
- MP urges miners to claim thousands owed in wrong deductions
- Junior football club's new clubhouse opened by MP John
- John to attend war memorial rededication after £350,000 facelift
- MP to host charity coffee morning
August 2009
- John Healey approves £2.3 million Dearne plan
- John praises pupils on GCSE results
- Second roadshow for miner's knee sufferers
- Opportunities for more council and social housing in Rotherham
July 2009
- John presents 2010 Rotherham with Customer Service Excellence standard
- John helps celebrate cash boost for Dearne rugby club
- Thousands take plunge for free in South Yorkshire
- MP welcomes South Yorkshire's successful Jobs Fund bid
- Justice minister investigating law firm's miner's knee advert after MP raises concerns
- MP pulls a pint in Proud of Pubs week
- Brand new GP practice for Rotherham patients
- Steel petition exceeds expectations
- MP helps launch volunteering 'hub'
- MP hosts roadshow for miner's knee sufferers
- Huge support for 'Save our Steel' petition
- John pledges more money for affordable housing
June 2009
- MP invites local heroes to London
- MP steps up campaign to help miner's knee sufferers
- New households accepted as homeless down by more than a quarter
- John now to attend cabinet after being appointed housing minister
- New help for third sector with government's Modernisation Fund
May 2009
- Miner's knee claimants don't need a lawyer
- New play and games facilities open at Bierlow Park
- Council leaders urged to use jobs fund
- Work starts on new fire station
- Call for more young mayors
- MP celebrates Sure Start milestone
- MP updates young diabetes sufferer on moves in Parliament to help children cope with condition
April 2009
- MP backs grassroots sports initiative
- Rotherham children and MP win safety award
- More government help for miners
- 'Parish councils have vital role'
- Free burglary prevention packs available
- Calls for miners' knee compensation
- Praise for Community Foundation's Grassroots Funding
- Extra money for Rotherham and Barnsley households
March 2009
- Local people set to benefit from increased holiday entitlement
- Paralympic star and MP back new sports track
- Green fingered children rake in support from MP
- Boost for schools in Rotherham will help to support economy
- Big rise in young people going to university
February 2009
- MP to attend Parliament pubs summit
- Hunt for area's best curry
- MP joins government police minister for crackdown on youths in Rawmarsh
- MP helps school with Parliament competition entry
- John presents books to local library
- Extra £40,000 for school sports facilities
- Extra £3 million for South Yorkshire
- MP revisits Corus plant
January 2009
- MP marks Diabetes UK 75th anniversary
- MP congratulates school among most improved in country
- New guidance after MP's campaign against hidden phone costs
- John recycles his Christmas cards for charity
- Visit to Barnsley by Floods Recovery Minister John Healey MP
- MP hails apprenticeships funding boost
- MP welcomes real help for families
December 2008
- 'Name streets and parks after local heroes' - MP
- Christmas cash boost for most vulnerable
- £400m deal agreed to provide affordable housing
- National Youth Parliament Competition
- MP welcomes car tax move
- MP announces Christmas card winner
- Family support charity receives Investors in People award
- Rotherham Council makes a splash! MP welcomes commitment to make swimming free
- MP helps businesses save thousands
November 2008
- MPs visit park restoration project
- MP brings home the message about the power of energy efficiency
- Dearne university bid announced in Parliament
- Pledge to Rawmarsh Post Office customers
- Card account boost for Post Office
- MP and councils working for new university centre in Dearne
- John named 'most influential' in local government
- John becomes Rotherham's third Privy Counsellor
October 2008
- Rotherham on track for success
- MP hails increased GCSE pass rate
- Special 'energy' advice surgery as part of MP's package of help with fuel bills
- Stronger commitments needed on postal services, says MP
- National Minimum Wage increase
September 2008
- Record amount raised at coffee morning
- John hails groundbreaking Rotherham enterprise initiative
- MP opens flower festival
- John helps present new computer equipment to schools
- John helps launch new diabetes group
- Report submitted on Post Office closure proposals
- MP's praise for family support charity
- MP pledges to support workers facing redundancy
August 2008
- Help with heating for older people
- John praises pupils on GCSE results
- MP makes case for keeping payphones
- MP helps neighbours win £7,000 compensation
- John urges residents to have their say on post offices
- NHS dental practice celebrates 20 years with visit from local MP
July 2008
- MP urges flood-hit residents to take up warm homes grant
- 'Heart of community centre' Christine presented with award
- MP gets behind bar for Proud of Pubs Week
- John backs training project as it reaches landmark
- 'Hero' Nellie, 80, invited to Commons
June 2008
- Floods defence scheme launched in Rotherham
- John joins fight against loan sharks
- Master Cutler sees first hand what is being done in Rotherham to reduce flood risk
- John responds to Post Office Card Account tender
- John backs childminding network fundraiser
- Out-of-work claimants down
- John supports Carers Week
- Hundreds of vulnerable households benefit from the Warm Front scheme
May 2008
- John visits flood-hit firm as one year anniversary approaches
- John welcomes massive rise in apprenticeships
- John presents kit to flood-hit school
March 2008
- Council and MP join forces after both get reports of unwelcome cold calling
- John urges people to sign up for free national bus travel
November 2007
October 2007
July 2007
- John Healey to coordinate Government's contribution to recovery from floods
- John visits flood victims in Dearne
- John welcomes Yorkshire Forward's £1m fund for businesses
- MP pulls the pints at The Crown in Proud of Pubs Week
June 2007
May 2007
- John backs plan for new youth services in Rotherham and the Dearne
- Rotherham's stop smoking service highlighted in Parliament
- John meets Next directors helping regenerate Manvers
- Skills of workforce subject of summit
- MP backs legal service to aid former miners
- Local officers receive award in Parliament for improving child safety
- Success of Wentworth Brewery raised in Parliament
April 2007
- Campaign saves post office from closure
- MP supports the right to read for blind or partially sighted children
- Waterfront launch spells 1,500 job creation
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
- MP calls on chemist to reconsider post office closure plans
- School governor praised for 35 years of service
September 2006