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Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey says there needs to be a “reset” in the relationship between parents and schools when it comes to uniform costs. It’s as the Labour [...]

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 [...]

John Healey MP has hit out at Government plans to “move the goalposts” on cancer waiting times as the wait for treatment goes on for patients across the borough. Data [...]

John with Fabrice Muamba John Healey MP met with ex-footballer Fabrice Muamba and TOBE-Heartsafe as they launched a new mission to provide cardiac screening, CPR training and defibrillators [...]

As young people across the borough break up for the summer John Healey MP has released data showing over ten thousand local children are stuck on mental health waiting lists. [...]

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 [...]

John Healey MP has written to both the Transport Secretary and the Managing Director of Northern Trains setting out his major concerns at plans to close local railway ticket offices.  [...]

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 [...]

John Healey MP has welcomed much needed improvements to a well-used footpath into Cortonwood retail park. It tops off the MP’s two-year campaign to get the path upgraded. The local [...]

John Healey MP and local head teachers took the Schools Minister to task over the mental health problems affecting schools across the borough. The Wentworth and Dearne MP arranged the [...]

John with Harley Mission Rooms Trust Chair Cynthia Shaw Work has started on a new car park to help ease traffic in Harley.  It’s after John Healey worked [...]

John Healey MP with shopworkers (from left to right) Sharron Wheat and Sundari Balakrishnan Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey cut the ribbon to officially open the new [...]

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and John Healey has announced he’s set to take local headteachers to Westminster to meet the Schools Minister over the anxiety epidemic facing [...]

John Healey MP (right) with David Stockdale, British Healthcare Trades Association Chief Executive (left) and Martek Lifecare’s Rob Higgie (Centre) John Healey MP has launched a national campaign [...]

Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey recently called in to Broad Horizons Day Care Centre in Wath as they prepared to celebrate the Coronation this weekend. He was there to [...]

John Healey MP has officially opened the brand new Sid Bailey care home in Brampton with Sid Bailey’s son and daughter, Brendan Bailey and Adele Riles. The 66 bed care [...]

John Healey MP has arranged for Rotherham’s own Chantry Brewery to supply a guest ale for visitors and MPs in Parliament. The brewery is supplying its Parkgate 200 beer to [...]

Over 25 thousand people locally are waiting over two weeks to see a GP. Latest NHS figures show 13,648 people across Rotherham and 12,051  in Barnsley have had to wait [...]

John Healey MP met with local small business owners recently to discuss how they are coping with the cost of living crisis. The visit was organised and attended by Paula [...]

John Healey MP has helped a Rawmarsh community centre after it faced a hefty gas bill which could have forced it to close. The Drop-In Centre’s bill went up from [...]

A Rawmarsh post office is set to re-open in a new location after it was closed in January. John Healey has been working with the Post Office to find a [...]

John Healey MP says the long awaited publication of the football white paper is welcome but has called on the government to put words into action. The government published its [...]

Building works on Rotherham Council’s £5.4 million scheme, Century II Business Centre, are heading towards completion. The new business centre based in Manvers will be Rotherham’s fifth dedicated business hub [...]

John Healey MP has set out plans to boost skills and drive economic growth across the borough as figures show a decade of decline in apprenticeships and training has left [...]

John Healey MP has written to the government after it was revealed by a government minister that Wath and Dinnington’s bid for Levelling Up Fund (LUF) money was destined to [...]

John Healey MP has called on the government to stop the energy price cap from going up in April. Projections show that the cost of living crisis could worsen and [...]

John Healey is encouraging people to reach out for a cuppa and a catch up as part of Samaritans Brew Monday campaign. The third Monday in January is often referred [...]

A new energy saving care home in Brampton is a just a few months away from completion. Developers, LNT Care, have told John Healey MP that work on the former [...]

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 [...]

John Healey MP has paid tribute to local businesses, libraries, charities and other venues that have opened their doors to help people keep warm across the borough this winter. Opticians, [...]

Care home staff in Bramley have told John that things have turned a corner after the difficulties they faced during the Covid-19 pandemic. Silverwood Care Home is a purpose built [...]

John Healey made a special visit to Ravenfield Primary School recently. The Wentworth and Dearne MP announced the winner of his Christmas Card Competition for 2022 at a special assembly. [...]

John Healey MP has said that Labour is on the side of small businesses and supporting our high streets, while setting out Labour’s policies during the tenth anniversary of Small [...]

John Healey MP was invited to look at the refurbishment works which have transformed Winterwell Post Office on Melton High Street. New owners, Subhash and Mayur Khunti, took over the [...]

Representatives from two local businesses joined John Healey and Labour Leader Keir Starmer at a special reception in Westminster. Simon Lilley, Head of Finance at packaging company CEPAC, and Adam [...]

John Healey joined workers at Tesco in Wath-upon-Dearne as they came together to raise awareness of Usdaw’s Freedom from Fear campaign. The Union represents shopworkers and recently revealed in its [...]

Youngsters at Bramley Sunnyside Junior School told John Healey that they want to do more to help save energy and tackle climate change. The Wentworth and Dearne MP met with [...]

John Healey MP is celebrating 20 years of the success of the Small Breweries Relief (SBR) which he brought in during the Labour Government in 2002. The SBR was introduced [...]

John Healey has called on the Health Secretary to drop plans to end free prescriptions for people over 60. Currently, prescriptions are free for people aged over 60 in England, [...]

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. [...]

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, [...]

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. [...]

New figures from NHS England show that 17% of people in South Yorkshire could not get an appointment to see or speak to a GP or nurse in June. Meanwhile, [...]

New analysis from the Labour Party has revealed that the amount of water leaked from the under-funded system in Yorkshire would supply 26 electric showers every day for every household. [...]

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. [...]

Figures show that almost 42,000 people are living in fuel poverty across Rotherham and Barnsley. Statistics on the Government website show 20,889 households in Rotherham were classed as living in [...]

John Healey has said that families across Rotherham and Barnsley would save £1,000 on energy bills this winter under Labour plans to address the Tory cost of living crisis. The [...]

The Earl of Strafford in Hooton Roberts has reopened following a £250,000 refurbishment. Joh Healey was invited for a tour of the pub, which is owned and operated by the [...]

Families across Rotherham and Barnsley are being let down by the government when it comes to dealing with the backlog of hundreds of thousands of passport applications. John Healey says [...]

John Healey and other coalfield Labour MPs this week won a breakthrough for ex-miners when the Treasury announced miners pension payments will rise by 11% instead of 4% this Autumn [...]

New figures from the NHS show that almost 40 000 people are stuck waiting for NHS treatment across Rotherham and Barnsley. At the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, following a [...]

Rotherham Council's bid for much-needed Levelling Up funds has been held back because the government website for applications has only just become available some six weeks after it was supposed [...]

John Healey called in to look at the hard work of horticultural students at St. Pius X Catholic High School in Wath. Pupils have been planting and growing vegetables and [...]

John Healey has helped secure a new water tap for Greasbrough Lane Cemetery in Rawmarsh after visitors contacted him about the long walk to get water for their loved one’s [...]

Clifton Medical Centre’s branch at Wickersley Health Centre will now stay open after GPs listened to local patients and residents in the area. The news comes after John Healey and [...]

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 [...]

MP John Healey and local Labour councillors have pledged to help patients halt the closure of Wickersley Health Centre. They’ve launched a petition urging the GPs to think again and [...]

John Healey says latest figures showing food bank usage has risen by 42% across Rotherham in the last year shows the real impact of the cost of living crisis. While [...]

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, [...]

John Healey says people feel ‘abandoned’ by the Government and left to fend for themselves in the cost of living crisis. Residents are talking to him about their struggle with [...]

John Healey is calling for a crack-down on anti-social behaviour which the MP says is making more and more people’s lives a misery. His call for action comes as new [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

John Healey was on hand to launch Wath’s new Royal British Legion branch. The Shadow Defence Secretary joined the group at their first coffee morning event at St James’ Tea [...]

I’ve been contacted by a number of people recently that are concerned with the cost of living crisis and rising household bills.   If you are experiencing financial problems the [...]

John Healey has written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions following the announcement that 285 jobs at the Department would be moved from the Dearne. It was [...]

John Healey has called on the Chancellor to rethink his policy on red diesel and help local metal recycling companies ahead of the Spring Statement this week. The Government plans [...]

Plans by the government to introduce a ‘medicines tax’ have been condemned by John Healey. Currently, prescriptions are free for people aged over 60 in England, but the Department for [...]

John’s response to the announcement that HMRC has withdrawn its winding up petition against the speciality steels division of Liberty Steel: “I urged the Businesses Secretary last month to get [...]

John Healey has called on the Business Secretary to ensure HMRC get back around the table with Liberty Steel after the company was recently hit with a winding up order. [...]

Cortonwood Comeback Community Centre will be hosting a Jobs Fair next week in Brampton. This event has been backed by MP John Healey and local Brampton councillors Denise Lelliott and [...]

John's response to the news that HMRC has issued a winding-up petition against the speciality steels division of Liberty Steel: John said: "This news is deeply unsettling for workers in [...]

John Healey has called on the government to do more when it comes to creating apprenticeships across Rotherham and Barnsley. He’s urging the government to adopt Labour’s plan to create [...]

John Healey has backed five tests set out by the Labour Party which the Government’s Levelling Up plan must meet in order to deliver on the promises of the 2019 [...]

John Healey has written to the Chancellor urging him to act now to help people deal with sky high energy costs. In the letter to Rishi Sunak John has set [...]