Food bank donations set to rise over Christmas and New Year
Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, was at Tesco in Wath to encourage customers to put an extra item in their trolley to donate to Rotherham Foodbank this Christmas. It’s [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, was at Tesco in Wath to encourage customers to put an extra item in their trolley to donate to Rotherham Foodbank this Christmas. It’s [...]
John Healey has said that Labour will stop the decline of the great British high street and bring much needed banking services back to communities. Labour has announced it will [...]
Rawmarsh student, Curtis Yip, had the opportunity of a lifetime as he spoke in the House of Commons during a recent UK Youth Parliament debate. The 18-year-old was at the [...]
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 [...]
John Healey MP with Usdaw representative and Wath-upon-Dearne Tesco worker Janine Bowler Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, says shopworkers across the borough are having to deal with [...]
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 [...]
MP John Healey has dedicated a cross in Parliament’s Remembrance Garden to the 39 Old Wathonians who were lost in World War II. The Wentworth and Dearne MP made the [...]
John Healey MP has supported a Rotherham charity’s movement that is helping victims of human trafficking. The Wentworth and Dearne MP was the host sponsor for Churches Against Trafficking, an [...]
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 [...]
The Labour Party has pledged a bright future for UK steel, with its plan to make the UK a world leader in clean green steel with a long-term programme of [...]
Rotherham’s Start a Heart 24:7 is backing John Healey’s campaign to put a stop to VAT being charged on the sale of defibrillators. The Wentworth and Dearne MP launched the [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey called in to Unity Gym in Rawmarsh to look at the work the boxing club is doing to support young people’s mental health. Today [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, arranged for two Wath schools to be visited by a senior member from the Department for Education to look at the work they do [...]
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 [...]
Station House Community Association in Thurnscoe has been awarded £20,000 from the People’s Postcode Lottery after attending John Healey’s funding workshop. The childcare centre, which is run by the Community [...]
489 people died in Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust last year while waiting for care on the NHS, as patients face record waiting times. Freedom of information requests have revealed [...]
John Healey MP has unveiled a new blue plaque to honour a steel pioneer, Charles James Stoddart, and celebrate 200 years of Parkgate. Charles was a former office boy at [...]
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 has revealed that the average local household is set to be put under more pressure than ever by the Conservative’s mismanagement of the economy. Latest figures show [...]
To mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday John Healey MP has paid tribute to almost 10,000 UK Armed Forces personnel recruited from Yorkshire since 2015. The Wentworth and Dearne MP [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey accused the Government of failing local veterans with just 1.5% in Rotherham and 2% in Barnsley having received Government ID cards to help them [...]
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 [...]
Two fifths of service personnel in South Yorkshire are living in the lowest grade of service accommodation, shocking figures have revealed. Ministry of Defence data uncovered by John Healey shows [...]
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 joined members of the Dearne Veterans Breakfast club to celebrate their first birthday. The group has been meeting at the Snap Tin in Goldthorpe for the past 12 months [...]
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 has written to the Health Secretary calling on him to drop plans to end free prescriptions for people over 60. It follows a debate, attended by John, [...]
John Healey says over 60s across the borough are still facing worry and uncertainty over the future of free prescriptions. It follows a debate, attended by John, this week in [...]
John Healey MP has welcomed a debate on Government proposals to end free prescriptions for people over 60. Currently, prescriptions are free for people aged over 60 in England, but [...]
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 [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey has met Volodymyr Zelensky during the President’s first visit to the UK since Russia’s invasion. The Shadow Secretary of State for Defence met the [...]
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 [...]
Shocking new figures show schools across the borough are being hit with an anxiety epidemic following the Covid-19 pandemic. In a new report, published today by John Healey MP, all [...]
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 [...]
Labour’s Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey MP has held up a South Yorkshire steel manufacturer as a “British built success story” as the Challenger tanks they equip with tracks 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, [...]
More than 1 in 5 service personnel in Yorkshire are living in the lowest grade of service accommodation, shocking figures have revealed. MoD data uncovered by Labour shows that 1,720 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
John Healey has encouraged local residents in Rotherham and Barnsley to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of UK Armed Forces this Remembrance Sunday. This week, communities across the [...]
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, [...]
John Healey has called on the Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, to help save Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) due to the crucial emergency services and national security functions based at the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Healey invited local Rotherham, Rawmarsh and Parkgate Royal British Legion Chairman, Ron Moffatt MBE, to join him and Labour Leader Keir Starmer at a special reception to mark Armed [...]
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 [...]