Tens of thousands of Armed Forces personnel will be able to claim for a return journey to be reunited with their friends and family this festive season, underlining Labour’s commitment [...]
The government have identified 13 new sites that could be home to one of the landmark new munitions and energetics factories, the first to be built in Britain for two [...]
Veterans are set to benefit from a transformational new Veterans Strategy as Labour announces plan to renew the nation's contract with those who serve and have served. New support hubs, [...]
Armed forces families in military homes will see a major boost from Labour’s new plan to end the scandal of poor-quality military housing. Published this week, the new Defence Housing [...]
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP, and Defence Secretary, John Healey says South Yorkshire’s economy will be boosted by the launch of a pioneering defence programme - backed as part of a [...]
John Healey MP is backing a major expansion of the cadets across Yorkshire as the Government launches a new cadets campaign backed with £70 million new funding. The new ‘30 [...]
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP and Defence Secretary, John Healey, met with the Vulcan to the Sky Trust to speak with them about the charity, and its work preserving the iconic [...]
Veterans across South Yorkshire will benefit from VALOUR, the Government’s new £50m support system giving former members of the Armed Forces greater access to tailored support. Veterans throughout the North [...]
John Healey says the government has “a determination to renew the nation’s contract with those who serve, who have served, and Forces families” at the start of Armed Forces Week. [...]
Defence Secretary, John Healey and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte toured Sheffield Forgemasters, which manufactures specialist steel parts used in critical defence programmes, including nuclear-grade steel components for the Royal [...]
This week marks a truly historic anniversary – 80 years since the Allied victory in Europe during World War Two. To commemorate the occasion Spitfires, Hurricanes, and Lancaster bombers soared [...]
Local Wath MP John Healey spoke with Esports students at Dearne Valley College about how their skills can lead to jobs in the defence sector. Gamers and coders are being [...]
Thousands of small businesses in the UK will receive new government support to ensure they benefit from the historic decision to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP. This investment [...]
LGBT veterans will receive up to £70,000 each to acknowledge the historic wrongs they experienced in the Armed Forces – with the Government increasing the total amount available for payments [...]
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP and Secretary of State for Defence, John Healey, recently called in to wish Fred Adamson a happy 105th birthday. Fred is a Conisbrough veteran who served [...]
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP John Healey officially unveiled two Poppy Buses at Stagecoach’s bus depot in Rawmarsh as part of the company’s remembrance tributes. The Secretary of State for Defence [...]
The new Labour Government will tackle the crisis in Armed Forces recruitment by ending outdated and unnecessary entry requirements and improving the path into the forces for new recruits. The [...]
John Healey MP with local RBL members and the First Poppy bus at Cortonwood Retail Park Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP and Secretary of State for Defence, John Healey, [...]
It is an honour to have been asked to serve as Secretary of State for Defence and to have the chance to work with our Armed Forces and civilian defence [...]
John Healey says a Labour government will “buy British” to reduce reliance on overseas steel and support UK manufacturing. The Wentworth and Dearne MP and Shadow Defence Secretary added that [...]
As you may know, Parliament passed Labour's amendment calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and for a pathway to long-term peace. You can read the full text of [...]
A painting presented to John Healey by a Rotherham based veterans group aims to highlight the struggles of military veterans across the country. A print copy of “The Thousand Yard [...]
Since the brutal acts of terror committed by Hamas, which killed 1,200 innocent civilians in Israel including young children, we’ve all seen the deepening humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. The [...]
MP John Healey has dedicated a cross in Parliament’s Remembrance Garden to the 39 Old Wathonians who were lost in World War II. The Wentworth and Dearne MP made the [...]
The Labour Party has pledged a bright future for UK steel, with its plan to make the UK a world leader in clean green steel with a long-term programme of [...]
John Healey MP has revealed that the average local household is set to be put under more pressure than ever by the Conservative’s mismanagement of the economy. Latest figures show [...]
To mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday John Healey MP has paid tribute to almost 10,000 UK Armed Forces personnel recruited from Yorkshire since 2015. The Wentworth and Dearne MP [...]
John Healey MP and Jake Richards held a joint Veterans Voice event in Bramley. The Shadow Defence Secretary and Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Rother Valley listened to the concerns of [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey accused the Government of failing local veterans with just 1.5% in Rotherham and 2% in Barnsley having received Government ID cards to help them [...]
Two fifths of service personnel in South Yorkshire are living in the lowest grade of service accommodation, shocking figures have revealed. Ministry of Defence data uncovered by John Healey shows [...]
John joined members of the Dearne Veterans Breakfast club to celebrate their first birthday. The group has been meeting at the Snap Tin in Goldthorpe for the past 12 months [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey has met Volodymyr Zelensky during the President’s first visit to the UK since Russia’s invasion. The Shadow Secretary of State for Defence met the [...]
Labour’s Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey MP has held up a South Yorkshire steel manufacturer as a “British built success story” as the Challenger tanks they equip with tracks and [...]
More than 1 in 5 service personnel in Yorkshire are living in the lowest grade of service accommodation, shocking figures have revealed. MoD data uncovered by Labour shows that 1,720 [...]
On this Remembrance Sunday, we pause to thank those like D-Day veteran Joe Cattini, who've served valiantly in our Armed Forces to defend our country. But above all, we remember [...]
Help 4 Homeless Veterans invited me to take a look at the work they do across South Yorkshire. The Charity is based on Regent Street South in Barnsley and offers [...]
John Healey has encouraged local residents in Rotherham and Barnsley to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of UK Armed Forces this Remembrance Sunday. This week, communities across the [...]
John Healey has called on the Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, to help save Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) due to the crucial emergency services and national security functions based at the [...]
New Government figures have revealed that British Army recruits have dropped by 28% in Yorkshire and the Humber - as Conservatives push ahead with further cuts of 10,000 troops to [...]
John Healey invited local Rotherham, Rawmarsh and Parkgate Royal British Legion Chairman, Ron Moffatt MBE, to join him and Labour Leader Keir Starmer at a special reception to mark Armed [...]
John Healey has backed British steel to provide the hardware needed for the country’s national security and strategic infrastructure. HMRC recently withdrew its winding up petition against the specialty steels [...]
Over the last few weeks the world has changed. We have all watched in horror as almost two thousand miles away, in Ukraine, a country full of people going about [...]
John called in to see Nicola Drew and Maggie Warren from Wath who have set up the Support Ukraine Rotherham group on Facebook. They've been inundated with donations from people [...]
I spoke in Parliament recently regarding the situation in Ukraine. The UK is united in condemnation of Putin’s invasion of a sovereign democratic country, in support of heroic Ukrainian resistance [...]
President Putin has launched a war in Europe. His attack on Ukraine is an attack on democracy and a grave violation of [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey has revealed that The Ministry of Defence has blown billions of pounds at the same time as cutting Army numbers and freezing forces pay. [...]
MP John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) has dedicated a cross in Parliament’s Remembrance Garden to decorated Swinton war hero Lance Corporal Thomas Norman Jackson VC. Members of Parliament have been [...]
John has called on the Home Secretary to provide the support the Government promised after two visits to the Holiday Inn in Manvers which saw Afghan nationals arrive on Monday [...]
Troops who took part in the Afghanistan evacuation should get medals, local MP and Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey has said. More than 1,000 UK service personnel took part in [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
£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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]