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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Thousands of people are set to lose their dentist, an MP has warned the government and NHS England. John Healey is urging Ministers and NHS England to continue funding that [...]

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 [...]

Earlier this week, the Government confirmed the current national lockdown in England would come to an end next week and that the country would move back to a system of [...]

MP John Healey has urged the Government not to scrap a tax break for small breweries that he brought in. He recently visited Chantry Brewery in Parkgate, who have warned [...]

John at High Street Chippy in Wath before the pandemic MP John Healey is calling for Barnsley and Rotherham councils to be allowed to keep almost £7m to [...]

MP John Healey has challenged the Chancellor to make good on a promise to protect cash machines and banks from closure. The MP, alongside GMB Union, is pressuring the Government [...]

MP John Healey has launched an online survey for childminders that will check the impact of Covid-19 on early years childcare. He is concerned that childminders are having to close [...]

John at High Street Chippy in Wath before the pandemic New analysis shows the high street is still under strain in Yorkshire as 711,700 furloughed workers start losing [...]

You may remember back in June that I launched an online survey for the self-employed to ask them about Government support during the coronavirus crisis and their future prospects. My [...]

Last week, I held my first virtual public meeting for local residents to discuss with me the problems they have been experiencing with anti-social behaviour, car racing and law-breaking at [...]

MP John Healey has called for the Government to continue providing free school meal vouchers during the summer holidays. Currently a voucher system is in place which sees eligible pupils [...]

John Healey is leading his Labour shadow defence ministers to team up with steel union Community and raise funds for homeless veterans. Over 70 members of the union’s staff, volunteers [...]

John Healey has launched an online survey to ask the self-employed about government support during the pandemic and their future prospects. The coronavirus crisis has had a big impact on [...]

Rotherham’s Labour MPs have warned the Government that the council faces a £40m shortfall because of Covid-19. In a letter to Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and [...]

I know from emails I’ve received over the long weekend that people are angry, and rightly so. People feel frustrated that they have been unable to help or see loved [...]

I’ve received many enquiries from local constituents who are still going to work but are very worried that their employers – big and small – are continuing to operate as [...]

I’ve had many constituents contacting me who are still going to work but are very worried that their employers – big and small – are continuing to operate as normal [...]

I am doing all I can – with my constituency office team – to offer fullest possible service for constituents in these rapidly-changing circumstances, caused by Coronavirus. We want to [...]

MP John Healey is planning a series of litter picks and asking residents to nominate a ‘grot spot’. He’ll organise clean-ups in areas ruined by rubbish as part of Keep [...]

John is supporting the Fair Motorhome Tax campaign. It follows the closure of Swift Group's factory in Swinton, which employed 45 people. Swift's managing director has confirmed to John that [...]

John has taken concerns to the top of Government after a report predicted changes in local council funding will mean big losses for deprived areas in the North and gains [...]

DEARNE MP John Healey is offering help for families who may be struggling to afford a new school uniform. His office in Wath is now a drop-off point for a [...]

John Healey MP joined people living with arthritis at a Parliamentary event in Westminster. John heard first hand about the impact the chronic pain associated with the condition can have [...]

Thousands of local pensioners will lose their free TV licences after the BBC announced the concession for over 75s will only go to those claiming Pension Credit. The Conservatives’ 2017 [...]

New research from the Labour Party shows that thousands of local pensioners could lose their free TV licences and together pay nearly £1million a year if Government plans go ahead. [...]