In a joint submission to the Government, MPs from Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield have made clear their opposition to the new HS2 route proposed in Summer 2016. Ed Miliband, [...]
Dearne MP John Healey urged a government minister to rethink plans to shut Goldthorpe job centre at a meeting on Monday (6 March). Mr Healey called the meeting with employment [...]
New barriers have been installed at a retail park after an MP intervened to stop nuisance ‘boy racers.’ Residents living near Cortonwood Retail Park near Brampton Bierlow reported nightly meetings [...]
John Healey has called on the government to pledge support for the steel industry in the Budget on 8 March. Earlier this month the Wentworth & Dearne MP, whose constituency [...]
John Healey MP has criticised plans to close a job centre in an area where the rate of disability is three times the national average and unemployment is double. The government [...]
Tata Steel has announced it has signed an agreement to sell its South Yorkshire specialty steels operation to Liberty House Group. John, who is the MP for Aldwarke, home of [...]
More than 1,100 people have signed a petition to keep Wath’s banks open. MP John Healey started the petition two weeks ago, as soon as HSBC and Yorkshire Bank announced [...]
The government has announced plans to close 78 jobcentres, including Goldthorpe in Rotherham. John Healey, MP for Goldthorpe, said: “The Goldthorpe job centre provides vital local job search help and [...]
John has reacted strongly to announcements from Yorkshire Bank and HSBC that they intend to close their Wath-upon-Dearne branches. This will leave Wath without a bank. He said: “I am [...]
£2.3bn a year – around £1 in every £10 spent on housing benefit – is going to private landlords renting out sub-standard homes. The figures, drawn from the official English [...]
Steel 2020 report calls for a ‘clear vision’ and ‘national strategy’ to save industry and secure future prosperity Seven areas of reform identified to address crisis and make industry competitive [...]
TWO Rotherham MPs have accused the Transport Secretary of stretching the truth about visiting South Yorkshire and listening to concerns about HS2. A Freedom of Information (FoI) Act request by [...]
John Healey is backing a Bill aimed at increasing organ donation. The MP for Wentworth and Dearne has been registered as an organ and tissue donor since 2001. The Organ [...]
John Healey visited Dearne Valley College to take part in a Q&A session. The students, all studying public services, asked questions touching on unemployment and disability benefits, education fees, the cost [...]
Hard-working commuters are now paying on average 27 per cent more for their train fares under the Tories, because of yet another year of rail fare hikes that came into [...]
John Healey MPs office will close at 5pm on Thursday December 22 and reopen at 9am Tuesday 3 January 2017. During this time, the following information may be helpful. Hot meals [...]
Rotherham MPs have slammed HS2 bosses for the location of the Bramley consultation event – because it’s in Thurcroft. The Government has recently announced a consultation until March on the [...]
John Healey MP visited Manvers Delivery Office to thank local postmen and women for their hard work during Royal Mail's busiest period. He saw first-hand the operation of delivering Christmas [...]
The Chancellor Philip Hammond made a special announcement in the Autumn Statement, granting £7.6 million to help rescue and restore Wentworth Woodhouse. The news gives the full go-ahead to plans [...]
Consultations on the latest HS2 route are now open, and will continue until March 2017. Please use the links below to submit your views. HS2 Crewe to Manchester, West [...]
A home of our own has been part of the British dream for decades. Now this hope in life is being dashed, as buying a house becomes totally out of [...]
John Healey has vowed to keep pushing for an HS2 station at Meadowhall, despite the Government’s backing of a spur line to Sheffield station. Responding to the news, he said: [...]
John Healey paid tribute to British boozers as part of British Pub Week celebrations. He attended an event at the Red Lion pub in Westminster, along with other MPs, peers, [...]
South Yorkshire MPs have urged the Transport Secretary to rethink the HS2 route, in a meeting this week. John Healey and Ed Miliband pressed Chris Grayling for a comprehensive consultation [...]
The Brexit vote means that trade is now a top priority for the UK for the first time in decades, but markets have reacted badly over the past fortnight as [...]
Housing Minister, Gavin Barwell, has been accused of blocking a housebuilding initiative by Bradford Council as a ‘favour’ to a local Tory MP, who complained about the plan. In a [...]
Local leaders must prioritise housing to make devolution deals a success, according to John Healey. The former housing minister voiced his concerns that housing was ‘conspicuous by its absence’ in [...]
Chris Grayling has confirmed to John Healey that he will consider the case for an HS2 Parkway station in South Yorkshire, if the new route proposed by HS2 goes ahead. [...]
John Healey has hit out at Concentrix – a firm tasked by Government with tackling tax credit fraud – after it was revealed last week that their contract would not [...]
John has expressed his dismay to the new Transport Secretary over abandoned plans for an HS2 station at Meadowhall in favour of a spur line to Sheffield. Here is the [...]
John wrote an article today in The Times on Labour's electoral challenge: The biggest political event for Labour last year was not Jeremy Corbyn’s victory in the leadership election [...]
John accused Sajid Javid of abandoning his pledge for Government support as Tata prepares to sell off its South Yorkshire plants. On Friday the company stated that it would go [...]
Reacting to the news that Tata Steel plans to go ahead with the sale of its speciality steel operations separate from other parts of the business, John Healey said: “Tata’s [...]
Following a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn on 27 June, John made the decision to resign as Shadow Secretary of State for Housing and Planning. Here, you can read the letter [...]
In a historic move, the UK voted to leave the European Union by a slim majority of 52 to 48%. Responding to the outcome, John said: "I campaigned hard, alongside [...]
On 17 June John visited the High Street Centre in Rawmarsh to mark its relaunch. Due to the success of the local project it is now expanding its services and is [...]
On the 16th of June Jo Cox was killed in her constituency of Batley and Spen. It was a deeply shocking and desperately sad moment. In the wake of the terrible news, [...]
John met Barnsley guide dog owner Steve Waller, and his dog Evie, in the Houses of Parliament to discuss the shocking discrimination faced by those who use service dogs. According [...]
Two Rotherham homeless charities may have to close their doors, forcing around 110 vulnerable people back onto the streets, if the Government’s crude cuts to housing benefit are implemented. Housing [...]
Local MPs made the case for EU membership, as the Labour Party launched its campaign to remain part of Europe in Rotherham town centre. John was joined by Rother Valley MP [...]
Labour did well in May's all-out local elections, retaining 48 seats and a substantial majority. John hailed the results, saying afterwards: “It has been a tough fight for Labour in Rotherham [...]
Over 100 Dearne Valley students grilled John on a range of political issues from the NHS to Isis as he took questions from young people during a visit to the local [...]
Following the announcement that Yorkshire Bank plans to close 9 branches in Yorkshire, John urged the CEO to reconsider shutting the Parkgate, Rotherham branch. In a letter to David Duffy, [...]
In April the Government’s Housing Bill suffered a number of big defeats in the House of Lords. Most notably, controversial plans to force local authorities to give the proceeds of council [...]
John confronts the Business Secretary over shocking new analysis of the financial impact the loss of Tata steel would have. In a letter to the Business Secretary, he urged Mr Javid [...]
John responds to an announcement from steel firm Tata. Speaking to Radio Sheffield, he called on the Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, who is currently in Australia, and the Prime Minister to [...]
In the aftermath of George Osborne's most unpopular Budget to date, which prompted the resignation the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, John criticised the Government in a speech in the [...]
The Chancellor’s silence on housing in the Budget was a “huge let-down,” after “five years of failure,” John said. With homelessness on the rise and a generation of young people [...]
Barnsley's MPs have hit out at the Government for imposing a new contract on junior doctors. A 48-hour strike is due to start at 8am on Wednesday 9 March. MPs John Healey [...]
To mark International Women’s Day, Labour MP John Healey invited two teenagers from Rotherham to spend the day in Westminster today (8 March). The young women were Emily Walker and [...]
Wentworth & Dearne MP John Healey has joined with the British Beer & Pub Association, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) by sending [...]
AN influential Parliamentary group that stands up for steel has called on the Chancellor to press China to stop steel-dumping. MP John Healey is a member of the All Party [...]
Following the verdict today (24 February 2016) that four men and two women have been convicted of child sex abuse offences, John Healey MP said: “It has taken 18 months [...]
MPs from across South Yorkshire today (24 February) demanded that Government ministers explain how moving hundreds of jobs from Sheffield to London will save money. Kevin Barron MP led a Westminster [...]
ROTHERHAM’S MPs have hit out at the Government after they confirmed today that the town’s court will close. It follows a consultation on the provision of court and tribunal facilities [...]
MP John Healey has welcomed confirmation that nearly £2m of Government funding will be made available to support those affected by Tata Steel job cuts. The Department for Business, Innovation [...]
John Healey MP is recruiting a Communications and Research Officer for a period of maternity cover in his constituency office. Location: Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham Salary: £20,000-£30,000, in line with IPSA pay [...]
John Healey MP's Wath constituency office will be closed for Christmas from 22 December 2015 to 4 January 2016. The following information may be useful to you or people you [...]
A government minister promised to do all she can to help South Yorkshire cope with steel job cuts during a meeting with Rotherham MPs. Wentworth & Dearne MP John Healey [...]
MP John Healey has slammed the government for not heeding warnings after a private company running probation services in South Yorkshire failed an audit. Sodexo runs South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation [...]
MP John Healey has welcomed news that the steel industry will get help with energy costs sooner than the government had planned. The government has announced today that UK Energy [...]
A consolidated plan to secure a support package of around £9million for steelworkers and the wider community affected by Tata Steel’s recently-announced job restructuring is being put together by partners [...]
John Healey MP announced the winner of his annual Christmas card competition today. Every year his card – which is sent to hundreds of people – is designed by local [...]
AN MP has repeated his calls for support for South Yorkshire steel workers after Tata confirmed 720 jobs would go in Speciality Steels, most on the Rotherham site. John Healey [...]
John's letter on Syria to Cllr Alan Gosling, chair of Wentworth & Dearne Constituency Labour Party Dear Alan I wanted to write to you as chair of our Wentworth and [...]
AN MP has warned Rotherham is being forgotten, despite being hit hard by the national steel crisis. And he has called on the government to immediately announce at least £7m [...]
MP John Healey has called on the government to give extensive support to Rotherham as confirmation is expected on Tata job losses. And he has demanded the Chancellor announce action [...]
MP John Healey has welcomed news that South Yorkshire Police has been awarded special grant funding of up to £5m. The Home Secretary has agreed to the payment because of [...]
TWO Dearne MPs are to meet the boss of a fracking company. John Healey, MP for Wentworth & Dearne, and Michael Dugher, MP for Barnsley East, have set up the [...]
THE regeneration of a former shopping centre in Rawmarsh will be back under way in the new year after a stalemate over mobile phone masts was broken. MP John Healey [...]
John Healey has hit out at the Tories and UKIP after they voted to cut tax credits yesterday (20 October). Labour had called a debate and put forward a motion [...]
Speaking after the national steel summit at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham on Friday (October 16), John Healey, MP for Wentworth & Dearne – home of Tata’s Aldwarke steel [...]
A new hydroelectric power plant, the largest low-head river hydro plant ever to be built in Yorkshire and the largest plant commissioned in the UK in the last three years, [...]
Councillor Simon Evans of Rawmarsh Ward and local MP John Healey have launched a campaign for three mobile phone masts to be removed from the old Bellows Road shopping centre [...]
JOHN Healey MP has inspected a new £2.1m hydropower project at Thrybergh. It is the first project of its kind in Yorkshire and is set to start generating renewable electricity [...]
MP John Healey is to meet business minister Anna Soubry to put forward the case for steelmaking. On the day Tata announced hundreds of job losses in Rotherham, Mr Healey [...]
A TELECOMS company exposed in the Commons by John Healey MP as “shameful” has been fined £200,000 and told to change its behaviour. Ofcom’s investigation found Unicom breached industry rules [...]
LOCAL MP John Healey has raised concerns about delays in the rollout of fast broadband with the chief executive of BT. He took the move after discovering the upgrade of [...]
After failing to give people any detail before the election about where the deep cuts to vital benefits were coming from, the new Conservative government are now determined to take [...]
MP John Healey is supporting calls for a review into the block on gay men giving blood. The campaign is being led by Freedom to Donate, which wants a review [...]
Reacting to today’s announcement from Tata Steel that the company plans to cut 720 jobs in Specialty Steels, most on the Rotherham site, local MP John Healey said: "This is [...]
John Healey has announced he is running for Labour’s new Deputy Leader. The Wentworth & Dearne MP described himself as a ‘unifier’ and, as a Yorkshireman, promised to champion the [...]
This critical period we have to choose the next person to lead our party into government in 2020 is being dogged by the question we should have dealt with decisively [...]
The results of the election for a Member of Parliament for Wentworth and Dearne on Thursday 7 May are as follows: Name of Candidate Description (if any) Number of Votes* [...]
We’ve all been shocked to see the Tories emerge from the Election with an outright majority, and rightly fearful of what unfettered Tory government will mean to many of the [...]
A LOCAL MP has asked for a meeting with Tata Steel’s chairman and called on him to rethink plans to close the British Steel Pension Scheme. John Healey is a [...]
MP John Healey has backed a new initiative to help young unemployed people in the Dearne get experience in the workplace. The Our Community programme is being run in partnership [...]
CAMPAIGNING MP John Healey is keeping up the fight against rip-off Government phone lines, after learning some are still in use more than a year after they were banned. His [...]
New rights for parents will soon be in force thanks to a campaign for a law change that started in Rotherham. The Children and Families Act, which gained Royal Assent [...]
John's Budget speech It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr Hoban) in his last speech to the House. Like you, Madam Deputy Speaker, I faced [...]
John welcomes police inquiry MP John Healey has welcomed moves by South Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner to launch a full-scale inspection into South Yorkshire Police, just as Rotherham council [...]
John assured £750k improvement cash to come to Rotherham John Healey MP has been assured that £750,000 will now come to Rotherham to help make essential improvements following the Jay [...]
Rotherham young people put off university by £9,000 fees New analysis of data recently published by the Department for Education shows that the number of school leavers from Rotherham going [...]
MPs back bids for CSE funding BIDS for Government funding to help child abuse survivors in Rotherham have received widespread support. The Government has made nearly £5m available for organisations [...]
Rotherham Commissioners named The Communities Secretary has named the Commissioners who will take over the running of Rotherham Council. In a written statement laid before the House today (25 February), [...]
Government given OK to deny Yorkshire millions in Euro funding Supreme Court judges have today ruled, that whilst Government cuts to South Yorkshire’s European Funding are “unfair”, they are not [...]
John backs plan for new youth centre in Rotherham A GROUP running kids’ clubs is hoping to develop a new centre for young people in Rotherham. Pops Summer Camp have [...]
Police and council budget cuts 'reversing a decade of progress' In a debate in the House of Commons this week, local MP John Healey has challenged government ministers over cuts [...]
Workers claiming housing benefit doubles in Rotherham The number of working people relying on housing benefit has more than doubled in Rotherham since 2010. The 110% hike from 1,727 claimants [...]
John's plans part of Labour pledge for fairer deal for renters A PLAN to help renters put forward by MP John Healey has become a major Labour election pledge. Figures [...]