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23 09, 2024

Outdated armed forces red tape scrapped

2024-09-23T14:22:22+01:0023rd September 2024|

The new Labour Government will tackle the crisis in Armed Forces recruitment by ending outdated and unnecessary entry requirements and improving the path into the forces for new recruits.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 [...]

20 09, 2024

New Banking Hub opens in Wath

2024-09-23T11:41:36+01:0020th September 2024|

A new temporary Banking Hub has officially opened its doors in Montgomery Hall in Wath upon Dearne. The opening took place on Friday 20th September with local MP, John Healey, [...]

3 09, 2024

Constituency Job Vacancy

2024-09-06T09:12:12+01:003rd September 2024|

Job Title: Head of Constituency Office Working For: Rt Hon John Healey MP (Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) Location: Rotherham Salary: IPSA Band 3 - £31,967 to £52,793 (Office Manager) Length of [...]

5 08, 2024

Manvers Holiday Inn

2024-08-05T15:33:36+01:005th August 2024|

The violence at the Manvers Holiday Inn was truly shocking to see. Our thoughts are with the injured police officers, who showed real bravery in dealing with the disorder. Our [...]

28 07, 2024

Doncaster Sheffield Airport – Airspace

2024-09-18T10:48:41+01:0028th July 2024|

We are all keen to get Doncaster Sheffield Airport reopened as soon as possible. We know how much it means to our residents, businesses and the wider South Yorkshire region. [...]

18 07, 2024

House of Commons 18th July 2024

2024-07-19T10:08:38+01:0018th July 2024|

It was the honour of my life today to stand at the despatch box in the House of Commons as the government’s Defence Secretary. Accountability is a central tenet to [...]

9 07, 2024

Brampton Post Office – Update

2024-07-09T15:36:52+01:009th July 2024|

I’m very concerned to see the Post Office have published their unplanned branch closure letter on their website announcing our Brampton Post Office is set to close on Saturday [...]

5 07, 2024

Election result 2024

2024-07-08T10:50:12+01:005th July 2024|

People across the country voted for change. Thank you to all those who have given me their backing. The hard work starts now, both locally and in government. I never [...]

10 04, 2024

Shopworker assault crime change overdue

2024-04-10T16:40:33+01:0010th April 2024|

John Healey MP with Usdaw representative and Wath-upon-Dearne Tesco worker Janine Bowler Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, says the government U-turn on making assaulting a shopworker a [...]

23 02, 2024

Commons vote on the war in Gaza

2024-02-23T11:49:45+00:0023rd February 2024|

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 [...]

19 02, 2024

John’s defib campaign makes national news

2024-03-01T11:25:53+00:0019th February 2024|

John Healey's campaign to put a stop to VAT being charged on the sale of defibrillators made national news as it featured on BBC Breakfast. John launched the national campaign [...]

23 01, 2024

Painting highlights veterans’ challenges

2024-01-23T15:20:20+00:0023rd January 2024|

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 [...]

3 01, 2024

World cup ref shows red card to 20% defib VAT

2024-01-03T11:00:19+00:003rd January 2024|

Rotherham’s World Cup Final referee is showing the red card to VAT on defibrillators. Howard Webb has joined Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, in campaigning to get the government [...]

21 12, 2023

Office Closure

2023-12-21T11:20:28+00:0021st December 2023|

John Healey MP’s office is closed until Wednesday 3rd January. During this time, the following information may be helpful: Citizens Advice Rotherham Tel: 0800 1448848 Rotherham Foodbank - IMPORTANT: Food parcels [...]

19 12, 2023

Santas dash for charity at Manvers Lake

2023-12-21T11:15:04+00:0019th December 2023|

John Healey helped get proceedings underway for this year’s Santa Dash around Manvers Lake.  The Wentworth and Dearne MP set runners on their way at the weekend (Saturday 16th December) as [...]

18 12, 2023

100 years of Thrybergh War Memorial

2023-12-18T13:04:45+00:0018th December 2023|

Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, attended the rededication of Thrybergh War Memorial - 100 years to the day that it was originally dedicated to the community. The memorial was [...]

17 11, 2023

Ongoing conflict in Gaza

2023-11-17T14:18:11+00:0017th November 2023|

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 [...]

9 11, 2023

Labour backs local residents against HS2 blight

2023-11-15T16:38:26+00:009th November 2023|

Local Labour representatives have again called on the government to lift the Planning blight still hanging over our communities – after the government’s decision to scrap the scheme north of [...]

24 10, 2023

MP in new battle to get asylum hotel back

2023-10-24T15:56:25+01:0024th October 2023|

John Healey has written to the Immigration Minister asking him to end the Home Office’s contract with the Holiday Inn Express at Manvers for housing asylum seekers as one of [...]

20 09, 2023

Wath to get new banking hub

2023-09-20T13:35:06+01:0020th September 2023|

LINK, the UK’s Cash Access and ATM network, has announced that locals and businesses in Wath will soon find it easier to access banking services thanks to the addition of [...]

22 08, 2023

Monthly bills for families soar by £350

2023-08-22T15:28:52+01:0022nd August 2023|

John Healey has accused Rishi Sunak of leaving ‘families across Rotherham and Barnsley worse off’ as new analysis shows that monthly bills for the average household have soared by £350 [...]

19 07, 2023

New improved bus service for Ravenfield

2023-07-19T10:46:09+01:0019th July 2023|

A new improved bus service is set to start in Ravenfield next week thanks to a campaign by John Healey MP. The no 3 bus route through Ravenfield to Bramley [...]

11 07, 2023

Village gets its buses back

2023-07-11T11:29:35+01:0011th July 2023|

Wentworth village will have a full time bus timetable from this month (July) after MP John Healey led a successful community campaign to restore a daytime service between Monday to [...]

21 06, 2023

Listening to veterans across Rotherham

2023-06-21T09:59:12+01:0021st June 2023|

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 [...]

16 06, 2023

Cut VAT on defibrillators

2024-03-01T12:05:50+00:0016th June 2023|

I've launched a national campaign to put a stop to VAT being charged on the sale of defibrillators. At the moment local community groups, sports clubs and charities face a [...]

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