New funding to reverse cuts to 3,000 bus routes
Labour has announced new funding of £1.3bn per year to reverse cuts made to 3,000 bus routes by the Tories since 2010 and to fund the expansion of new bus [...]
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04, 2019
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04, 2019
Labour will scrap developer ‘get-out’ clause to boost affordable homes
Shadow Housing Secretary, John Healey MP, today announced that the next Labour Government will scrap ‘permitted development’ rules for new homes, ending a get-out clause which allows developers to dodge [...]
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04, 2019
John calls for miners’ pension scheme review
The Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme should be reviewed urgently, MP John Healey has told the Chancellor. The 1994 arrangement saw the UK Government agree to guarantee pensions in return for a [...]
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04, 2019
Steel jobs at risk from no-deal Brexit
MP John Healey has called for Government action after a new warning that a no-deal Brexit would put South Yorkshire steel jobs at risk immediately. He said UK Steel, which [...]
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04, 2019
‘We can fix this’ – John sets out Labour’s housing policy
Labour will build a million more low-cost homes, end rough sleeping and cap private rents in line with average local incomes. Shadow Housing Secretary and Wentworth & Dearne MP John [...]
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04, 2019
Brexit update – 2 April 2019
Government is gridlocked. Parliament is struggling to find common ground. Business is beset by the risks. And people are getting anxious and angry. The public rightly expected Britain to leave [...]