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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 [...]

1 04, 2022

🚨 Cost of living crisis 🚨

2022-04-01T13:34:50+01:001st April 2022|

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 [...]

5 03, 2022

Ukraine Crisis

2022-08-04T12:05:06+01:005th March 2022|

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 [...]

4 03, 2022

Support for Ukraine from Wath

2022-08-04T12:05:57+01:004th March 2022|

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 [...]

3 03, 2022

John speaks on Ukraine in Parliament

2022-08-04T12:07:45+01:003rd March 2022|

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 [...]

25 02, 2022

Ukraine crisis

2022-08-04T12:08:14+01:0025th February 2022|

                President Putin has launched a war in Europe. His attack on Ukraine is an attack on democracy and a grave violation of [...]

21 02, 2022

Jobs Fair coming to Brampton

2022-02-21T12:28:34+00:0021st February 2022|

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 [...]

10 02, 2022

Statement on Liberty Steel

2022-02-10T14:27:54+00:0010th February 2022|

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 [...]

26 01, 2022

Downing Street parties response (26th January)

2022-01-27T13:58:15+00:0026th January 2022|

I have received a number of emails recently regarding the parties held at Downing Street. Thank you to everyone that has been in touch. I appreciate the strength of feeling [...]

21 01, 2022

John calls in for a cuppa in Brampton

2022-01-24T12:06:31+00:0021st January 2022|

John called into the Comeback Centre in Brampton to visit the local senior citizens group for a cuppa and a chat. The group started in 1986 to provide social activities [...]

22 12, 2021

Christmas closure information

2021-12-22T11:51:17+00:0022nd December 2021|

John Healey’s Office will be closed from 12pm on Wednesday 22nd December 2021 until Tuesday 4th January 2022 During this time the following information may be helpful. Hot meals and [...]

22 12, 2021

John lends a hand at vaccination centres

2021-12-22T10:23:26+00:0022nd December 2021|

John Healey has backed the urgent NHS drive on ‘booster jabs’ and called for more volunteers, after helping out at local vaccination centres this week. The NHS is offering all [...]

16 11, 2021

Healey lends a hand for Barnardo’s

2021-11-16T09:11:51+00:0016th November 2021|

MP John Healey joined staff and volunteers at the Barnardo’s shop in Parkgate last week (Thursday 11 November) to back their appeal for more volunteers to help in their local [...]

21 10, 2021

John backs campaign to support pubs

2021-10-21T15:03:06+01:0021st October 2021|

John Healey MP with Emma McClarkin, CEO of the British Beer and Pub Association. MP John Healey has backed a campaign to support local pubs and breweries. The [...]

30 09, 2021

Pledge for mental health counsellors in schools

2021-09-30T11:20:24+01:0030th September 2021|

After campaigning for better mental health support for children, John has welcomed a pledge to put counsellors in schools. The MP's survey of local schools in 2018 found nearly all [...]

29 09, 2021

Labour Party conference 2021

2021-09-29T16:29:32+01:0029th September 2021|

A number of new, fully-costed policies were announced at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, including: Economy New ‘Office for Value for Money’ to check public money is spent wisely [...]

17 09, 2021

Constituency office vacancy: Communications officer

2021-09-17T15:31:24+01:0017th September 2021|

John is looking for a skilled communications officer who understands the Wentworth & Dearne constituency and has a keen interest in highlighting issues that matter to people living there. This [...]

8 09, 2021

Universal Credit – the facts

2021-09-08T10:52:47+01:008th September 2021|

The Government is planning to cut Universal Credit (UC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC) by £20 a week from October 6. Labour is forcing a vote in the House of [...]

31 08, 2021

Report to residents 2021

2021-08-31T14:38:43+01:0031st August 2021|

John and volunteers have been out delivering his 2021 report to residents this summer. You can read the report here but there are different versions for each area. If you [...]

23 07, 2021

John wants to hear from nuclear test veterans

2021-07-23T15:42:54+01:0023rd July 2021|

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 [...]

8 07, 2021

Win for school road safety campaign

2021-07-08T12:36:14+01:008th July 2021|

John is celebrating success in his campaign for a 20mph speed limit on roads around schools in the Dearne. He launched the initiative in January alongside local councillors, community campaigners [...]

2 07, 2021

Victory on steel safeguards

2021-07-08T12:32:05+01:002nd July 2021|

Campaigning by steelworkers and a debate forced by Labour has led to a last-minute Government U-turn over the removal of safeguard tariffs on cheap steel imports. Wentworth & Dearne MP [...]

24 06, 2021

John launches veterans survey

2021-06-24T16:25:52+01:0024th June 2021|

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. [...]

18 06, 2021

John battling new rules stopping pigeon racing

2021-06-24T16:23:34+01:0018th June 2021|

John is battling to overturn new Brexit rules that are stopping pigeon racing across the English Channel. He has been contacted by a local pigeon fanciers who say new rules [...]

17 06, 2021

John meets Transport Secretary over HS2

2021-06-17T10:43:35+01:0017th June 2021|

John recently met the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps MP, to discuss HS2 and share the views of local residents, businesses and councils. "Top priority must be regional [...]

11 06, 2021

John warns Government risks steel job losses

2021-06-11T16:29:05+01:0011th June 2021|

John has warned the Government risks putting British steel yards out of business as Ministers consider scrapping safeguards to protect the industry from foreign steel dumping. The Trade Remedies Investigations [...]

11 06, 2021

Levelling up a lie, John’s research shows

2021-06-24T16:26:56+01:0011th June 2021|

John has branded the Government’s claim on levelling up a lie as he exposed how needy towns with great potential in South Yorkshire have been ignored and funding funnelled to [...]

26 03, 2021

Thousands of self-employed forced out of business

2021-03-30T12:14:52+01:0026th March 2021|

MORE than 5,000 self-employed people in Rotherham and Barnsley could be forced out of business after a year of being excluded from Government schemes. New analysis by Labour has found [...]

5 03, 2021

John wins reprieve for 5,000 dental patients

2021-03-10T16:27:39+00:005th March 2021|

John has won a reprieve for thousands of NHS dental patients after NHS England agreed to extend funding. In January, Wentworth & Dearne MP John Healey warned the Government and [...]

26 02, 2021

Protect Silverwood Nature Reserve

2021-02-26T15:57:40+00:0026th February 2021|

John is working alongside Wickersley ward councillors and local groups like Silverwood Colliery Heritage Group and Silverwood Nature Reserve to call on the landowners to better protect the nature [...]

25 02, 2021

Government police funding falls short

2021-02-25T12:32:58+00:0025th February 2021|

The Government has said it wants to restore the 20,000 police officers it cut from 2010 onwards. Over the last decade, South Yorkshire Police has lost 500 officers. This year [...]

24 02, 2021

Prime Minister has broken promise to miners

2021-02-24T16:24:11+00:0024th February 2021|

John Healey has accused the Prime Minister of breaking an election promise to miners. He has written to Boris Johnson in a last-ditch attempt to get him to stick to [...]

22 01, 2021

Flooding funding for South Yorkshire

2021-02-11T15:56:01+00:0022nd January 2021|

John talking to Kilnhurst headteacher Ryan Cousins shortly after the 2019 floods South Yorkshire's Mayor Dan Jarvis has confirmed £93 million for flood defences in South Yorkshire over [...]

22 01, 2021

Goldthorpe bridge set to reopen

2021-01-22T12:17:49+00:0022nd January 2021|

Cllr Charlotte Johnson, Cllr May Noble, Dorothy Coates and John Healey MP at Straight Lane bridge in Goldthorpe A bridge that connects Goldthorpe village is set to reopen [...]

20 01, 2021

John to help schools with lockdown classes

2021-01-20T15:23:36+00:0020th January 2021|

John Healey MP visiting a school before the pandemic MP John Healey has contacted all schools in the Wentworth & Dearne constituency offering to help with classes during [...]

15 01, 2021

John wins campaign on student nurse pay

2021-01-15T11:19:40+00:0015th January 2021|

John Healey has won a campaign to see student nurses paid while working on the Covid frontline in hospitals. In November, he called on the government to pay students on [...]

5 01, 2021

New national lockdown

2021-01-05T20:46:28+00:005th January 2021|

Today, a new national lockdown is back in place. I’ve had calls in recent days with government ministers and chief scientists and it is clear we are at a critical [...]

22 12, 2020

Help over Christmas and New Year

2020-12-22T17:11:39+00:0022nd December 2020|

John Healey MP’s office will close on Tuesday 22 December 2020 and reopen on Monday 4 January 2021. During this time, the following information may be helpful. Hot meals and [...]

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