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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

2023-07-05T15:50:27+01:0016th 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 [...]

20 12, 2022

Christmas closure information

2022-12-20T13:45:49+00:0020th December 2022|

John Healey’s Office will be closed from 5pm on Wednesday 21st December 2022 until Wednesday 4th January 2023 During this time the following information may be helpful. Hot meals and [...]

13 11, 2022

Remembrance Sunday

2022-11-15T12:05:46+00:0013th November 2022|

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 [...]

10 11, 2022

Help 4 Homeless Veterans

2022-11-10T16:44:32+00:0010th November 2022|

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 [...]

29 09, 2022

Labour Party Conference 2022

2022-09-29T17:06:48+01:0029th September 2022|

During my speech at Labour Party Conference, I made clear that as the Party of working people and trade unions, Labour knows defence spending can strengthen our economy and sovereignty. [...]

21 09, 2022

Holiday Inn Express – Manvers

2022-09-22T15:18:07+01:0021st September 2022|

I am extremely disappointed to be told that the Home Office have extended the exclusive contract with the Holiday Inn at Manvers for another year, until October 2023. Once again, [...]

9 09, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II

2022-09-16T16:01:20+01:009th September 2022|

My thoughts, and those of everyone in our area, are with the Royal Family at this very sad time. This is the moment we knew must come but never wanted. [...]

24 08, 2022

John full of praise for Pop’s Holiday Camps

2022-08-24T11:05:54+01:0024th August 2022|

John Healey MP called in to Pop’s Outdoor Adventure Centre to see the work it’s been doing to help keep children across Rotherham fit and healthy during the summer holidays. [...]

17 08, 2022

British Army recruits drop by 28% in Yorkshire

2022-08-17T12:13:03+01:0017th August 2022|

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 [...]

6 06, 2022

John says ‘thank you’ to local volunteers

2022-06-06T14:59:50+01:006th June 2022|

John with the S62 Community Together group John Healey is celebrating the difference that local volunteers make by saying thank you to three local community groups. As part [...]

29 04, 2022

John Healey hits out at delays to football reform

2022-05-03T12:23:25+01:0029th April 2022|

John Healey has slammed the Government for delaying much needed football governance reform. The Government has now confirmed that it supports the creation of an independent regulator for English football, [...]

13 04, 2022

School road safety signs in place in the Dearne

2022-04-13T10:20:31+01:0013th April 2022|

John is celebrating the first school road safety signs outside at Carrfield Primary and Goldthorpe Primary schools. It follows his community campaign with local parents, residents and schools for a [...]

11 04, 2022

Home Office use of the Manvers Holiday Inn

2022-04-12T10:04:27+01:0011th April 2022|

I have been informed by the Home Office that they intend to take over our local Holiday Inn Express “on a temporary basis … to start using to accommodate asylum [...]

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