John wants to hear from nuclear test veterans
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 [...]
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07, 2021
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06, 2021
John launches veterans survey
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. [...]
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09, 2020
Government fails to extend evictions ban in coronavirus crisis
Yesterday marked the resumption of eviction hearings in England because the Government has refused calls from Labour and homelessness charities to extend the ban on evictions during the Coronavirus crisis. [...]
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04, 2020
Farewell from John: what I’ve learned about housing
After a sum total of more than seven years leading Labour’s housing policy from the opposition and government benches, it is time to move on. This is what I have [...]
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09, 2019
John champions housing innovations
MP John Healey champions Rotherham and other Labour councils for tackling the housing crisis. This week Mr Healey, MP for Wentworth & Dearne and Labour’s shadow housing secretary published a [...]
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07, 2019
John pledges to end leasehold scandal
MP John Healey says Labour will end the leasehold scandal, which has led to unexpected bills for Dearne home buyers. This week Mr Healey, MP for Wentworth & Dearne and [...]
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06, 2019
Labour urges removal of Grenfell-style cladding
In the week of the two-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, Labour’s Shadow Housing Secretary, John Healey MP is urging the Government to set a new ultimatum for private [...]
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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
‘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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01, 2018
MP’s win over new housing law
South Yorkshire MP John Healey is set to win a two-year fight to protect renters from unsafe homes. The Wentworth & Dearne MP and Shadow Housing Secretary is leading on [...]
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10, 2017
John to challenge cuts to supported housing
Labour will lead a debate on government funding changes which are set to close supported housing schemes. Such schemes help thousands of vulnerable people including the homeless, elderly people, veterans [...]
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07, 2017
Coalfields tackles housing shortage
Work has started on 10 new affordable homes in Goldthorpe, after a £1m investment from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust. Two derelict properties will be demolished and replaced with two-bedroom homes, [...]
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06, 2017
John’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire
This is a tragedy that should never have happened and has shocked the whole country. Our first priority must be to ensure those who are affected by the fire are [...]
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04, 2017
Local Housing Innovations: the best of Labour in power
John has published a report showing how Labour councils across the country are demonstrating Labour priorities to meet housing need, support mixed communities and give working people the chance to fulfil [...]
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01, 2017
£2.3 billion in housing benefit goes to private landlords letting sub-standard homes
£2.3bn a year – around £1 in every £10 spent on housing benefit – is going to private landlords renting out sub-standard homes. The figures, drawn from the official English [...]
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11, 2016
Brit working class is ‘suffering’ under the Conservative government’s housing crisis and kids are ‘losing out’ on family homes
A home of our own has been part of the British dream for decades. Now this hope in life is being dashed, as buying a house becomes totally out of [...]
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10, 2016
Housing Minister accused of blocking housebuilding as ‘mate’s favour’ to local Tory MP
Housing Minister, Gavin Barwell, has been accused of blocking a housebuilding initiative by Bradford Council as a ‘favour’ to a local Tory MP, who complained about the plan. In a [...]
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09, 2016
Better housing plans vital to make devolution deals a success, says John Healey
Local leaders must prioritise housing to make devolution deals a success, according to John Healey. The former housing minister voiced his concerns that housing was ‘conspicuous by its absence’ in [...]
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09, 2016
John’s article for The Times – Labour must work out how to win back New Towns
Whether Owen Smith or Jeremy Corbyn is elected in two weeks’ time, the new Labour leader must make turning around our Party’s lack of public appeal his first priority. Few [...]
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08, 2016
Memo to the minister
While Westminster has been preoccupied with the political consequences of the historic Brexit vote, what really matters is the policy response, and in particular how government chooses to deal with [...]
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07, 2016
John calls on the new Government to protect hostels and refuges from devastating housing benefit cuts
John has called on the new government to protect supported housing from devastating housing benefit cuts. On Tuesday 19 July, John and his colleague Jess Phillips wrote to the newly [...]
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07, 2016
John reveals new figures that David Cameron ‘worst ever’ Prime Minister for housing
John commissioned brand new figures from the independent House of Commons Library which reveal for the first time David Cameron’s housing legacy – showing that under the recently departed Prime [...]
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07, 2016
John calls on politicians to embrace ‘progressive devolution’ drive to help heal post-Brexit divisions in a new report
Last Tuesday (July 18), John launched a new report in Parliament and called for a new ‘progressive devolution’ drive on housing and planning to help give more disadvantaged areas fresh [...]
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03, 2016
House-building is still falling far short of what the country needs – John Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Housing and Planning, commenting on new house-building data for the fourth quarter of 2015, said: “After five years of failure on [...]
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03, 2016
Government‘s tenant tax will single out working families on modest incomes – John Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Housing and Planning, responding to reports that the Government is considering softening their ‘pay to stay’ measures, said: “The Government‘s tenant [...]
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03, 2016
Delay to Chancellor’s crude housing benefit cuts is a victory for common sense – John Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, commenting on today’s government statement announcing that Ministers are delaying a cut to housing benefit which Labour has warned will [...]
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02, 2016
House-building is still falling far short of what the country needs – John Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Housing and Planning, commenting on new house-building data for the fourth quarter of 2015, said: “After five years of failure on [...]
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02, 2016
Number of people sleeping rough on our streets has doubled since 2010 – John Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Housing and Planning commenting on new rough sleeping statistics released today, said: “These figures are the starkest possible reminder of Conservative [...]
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11, 2015
Chancellor’s housing announcements are already starting to unravel – John Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning has released new analysis showing the Chancellor’s housing announcements are already starting to unravel. · An ‘increase’ in housing [...]