Defence

Today, the Royal British Legion hosted a commemorative event to mark the 15th anniversary of the end of the Iraq War. The event at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]