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23 02, 2024

Commons vote on the war in Gaza

2024-02-23T11:49:45+00:0023rd February 2024|

As you may know, Parliament passed Labour's amendment calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and for a pathway to long-term peace. You can read the full text of [...]

19 02, 2024

John’s defib campaign makes national news

2024-03-01T11:25:53+00:0019th February 2024|

John Healey's campaign to put a stop to VAT being charged on the sale of defibrillators made national news as it featured on BBC Breakfast. John launched the national campaign [...]

23 01, 2024

Painting highlights veterans’ challenges

2024-01-23T15:20:20+00:0023rd January 2024|

A painting presented to John Healey by a Rotherham based veterans group aims to highlight the struggles of military veterans across the country. A print copy of “The Thousand Yard [...]

3 01, 2024

World cup ref shows red card to 20% defib VAT

2024-01-03T11:00:19+00:003rd January 2024|

Rotherham’s World Cup Final referee is showing the red card to VAT on defibrillators. Howard Webb has joined Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, in campaigning to get the government [...]

21 12, 2023

Office Closure

2023-12-21T11:20:28+00:0021st December 2023|

John Healey MP’s office is closed until Wednesday 3rd January. During this time, the following information may be helpful: Citizens Advice Rotherham Tel: 0800 1448848 Rotherham Foodbank - IMPORTANT: Food parcels [...]

19 12, 2023

Santas dash for charity at Manvers Lake

2023-12-21T11:15:04+00:0019th December 2023|

John Healey helped get proceedings underway for this year’s Santa Dash around Manvers Lake.  The Wentworth and Dearne MP set runners on their way at the weekend (Saturday 16th December) as [...]

18 12, 2023

100 years of Thrybergh War Memorial

2023-12-18T13:04:45+00:0018th December 2023|

Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, attended the rededication of Thrybergh War Memorial - 100 years to the day that it was originally dedicated to the community. The memorial was [...]

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

2024-03-01T12:05:50+00:0016th 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 [...]

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