Plans by the government to introduce a ‘medicines tax’ have been condemned by John Healey. Currently, prescriptions are free for people aged over 60 in England, but the Department for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
John Healey was on hand to launch Wath’s new Royal British Legion branch. The Shadow Defence Secretary joined the group at their first coffee morning event at St James’ Tea [...]
John Healey has backed British steel to provide the hardware needed for the country’s national security and strategic infrastructure. HMRC recently withdrew its winding up petition against the specialty steels [...]
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 [...]
John Healey has written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions following the announcement that 285 jobs at the Department would be moved from the Dearne. It was [...]
John Healey has called on the Chancellor to rethink his policy on red diesel and help local metal recycling companies ahead of the Spring Statement this week. The Government plans [...]
John’s response to the announcement that HMRC has withdrawn its winding up petition against the speciality steels division of Liberty Steel: “I urged the Businesses Secretary last month to get [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
President Putin has launched a war in Europe. His attack on Ukraine is an attack on democracy and a grave violation of [...]
John Healey has called on the Business Secretary to ensure HMRC get back around the table with Liberty Steel after the company was recently hit with a winding up order. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
John Healey has called on the government to do more when it comes to creating apprenticeships across Rotherham and Barnsley. He’s urging the government to adopt Labour’s plan to create [...]
John Healey has backed five tests set out by the Labour Party which the Government’s Levelling Up plan must meet in order to deliver on the promises of the 2019 [...]
John Healey has written to the Chancellor urging him to act now to help people deal with sky high energy costs. In the letter to Rishi Sunak John has set [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
John Healey MP says the Government could cut rising energy bills by taking up Labour’s fully-costed plans to help people struggling with energy prices. He’s urging Conservatives to set aside [...]
John Healey says cost of living is a bigger worry than Covid for many people, as they head back to work and school this week. Families across the borough [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey has revealed that The Ministry of Defence has blown billions of pounds at the same time as cutting Army numbers and freezing forces pay. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Thank you to those who have contacted me with their views on the government’s latest COVID-19 regulations, which are set to be voted on in the Commons this afternoon (14th [...]
John Healey MP has slammed as ‘incompetent’ the Government’s failure to win US agreement to drop special trade tariffs on UK steel and aluminium. The International Trade Secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, [...]
John recently paid a visit to Dearne Valley College's College Cooperative. The new shop sells products made by the local community for the local community and is run by staff [...]
John Healey MP has warned UK steelmakers face an ‘unhappy new year’ without a deal on US steel tariffs in a letter to the Secretary of State for Trade, Anne-Marie [...]
John Healey MP has called for more support for local high streets and small firms on Small Business Saturday tomorrow (Saturday 4 December). According to the Federation of Small Businesses, [...]
John Healey’s Christmas Card Competition has returned for 2021 after taking a break last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Wentworth and Dearne MP announced the winner at a [...]
Wentworth and Dearne MP, John Healey, has backed Primark’s plans to halve its carbon footprint and improve the lives of the people who make the company’s products. John recently visited [...]
MP John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) has commented on today's Government announcement on rail plans for the North. “This is a massive let-down for the North. While many will feel [...]
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 [...]
Analysis released by Labour MP John Healey, verified by the House of Commons Library, shows that both Barnsley and Rotherham have each lost over £3m in funding for local public [...]
MP John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) has dedicated a cross in Parliament’s Remembrance Garden to decorated Swinton war hero Lance Corporal Thomas Norman Jackson VC. Members of Parliament have been [...]
John Healey MP (Wentworth and Dearne) has responded to the House of Commons Transport Committee report on smart motorways and has said: "This report adds to overwhelming evidence against so-called [...]
Raw sewage is being routinely pumped into rivers in Yorkshire by Yorkshire Water, local MP John Healey can reveal in new figures he’s released. In the last year, Yorkshire Water [...]
Responding to this week's Budget (Wednesday 27 October) and the announcements over Rotherham's and Barnsley's bids in the Levelling Up Fund, Wentworth and Dearne Labour MP John Healey has said: [...]
A PARKGATE company has warned it will have to cut jobs if the Government press ahead with a switch their MP has described as a ‘tax grab’. Ron Hull Jnr [...]
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 [...]
Reacting to the refinancing news from GFG Alliance, including £50m into Liberty UK with funds to restart the furnaces in Rotherham, local Labour MP John Healey said: “This is a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
MP John Healey is hosting a training session for small businesses and charities with internet giant Google on 15 October. The online event will be an opportunity for small businesses [...]
John Healey MP, Bob Boyle and Cllr Emma Hoddinott at Silverwood Nature Reserve. Silverwood Nature Reserve is to be better protected from off-road vehicles after a successful campaign [...]
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 [...]
John has called on the Home Secretary to provide the support the Government promised after two visits to the Holiday Inn in Manvers which saw Afghan nationals arrive on Monday [...]
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 [...]
Troops who took part in the Afghanistan evacuation should get medals, local MP and Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey has said. More than 1,000 UK service personnel took part in [...]
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 [...]
One in four low-income families are set to lose more than £1,000 a year if Government plans to cut Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit go ahead. MP John Healey [...]
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 [...]
John has urged the Government to clarify its plans for rail in the north, after reports the HS2 leg running through South Yorkshire has been halted. Mr Healey met the [...]
John has paid a visit to the BDR Renewi waste treatment facility at Manvers to check how the company is responding to complaints from residents. For a number of years, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
I want to know what matters to you, and any concerns you have about where you live. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to let me [...]
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 [...]
We need a new police station for the north of Rotherham - in Wath or Swinton - and we need the stations we do have, like Rawmarsh and Goldthorpe, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Anti-social behaviour and crime linked to off-road motorbikes and quads has been a problem in our area - and elsewhere - for many years but has worsened during the [...]
John Healey MP has urged the Government to increase ex-miners’ pensions immediately after a damning report by a Parliamentary committee. He has been campaigning for years for changes to the [...]
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 [...]
John Healey MP has called on the government to buy in Britain to support British industry, including steel. As Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, he has repeatedly called for [...]
MP John Healey is calling for urgent Government action over the lack of Covid tests for students on apprenticeships. Lateral flow tests are available for schools and colleges and a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New analysis by the Labour Party estimates that 5,011 people in Wentworth & Dearne were still furloughed by their employer in late January. And seven months after Chancellor Rishi Sunak [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
THOUSANDS of Dearne families still face uncertainty over Boris Johnson’s plan to cut Universal Credit by over £1,000 a year. Conservative MPs refused to vote with Labour after they forced [...]
John has teamed up with local Labour councillors to fight for 20mph zones outside all schools in the Dearne. Please sign our petition to show your support for our [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
MORE than half of secondary students in years critical to exams have had to miss school due to self-isolation, an MP has found. Research carried out by John Healey with [...]
Today, South Yorkshire is back in Tier 3 ‘very high alert’ level restrictions after the national lockdown ended. Government guidance on what you can and cannot do is here. We [...]
John has called for more support for childminders after hundreds completed his survey. The survey organised by the MP found childminders were struggling due to a drop in demand and [...]
MP John Healey is calling for student nurses working in hospitals on the frontline of the Covid-19 response to be paid. Students who were drafted in to work during the [...]
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 [...]
Today (Thursday 5 November), a new nationwide lockdown begins in response to the spread of Covid-19. In Parliament last night, I and other Labour MPs voted to back the package [...]
John at High Street Chippy in Wath before the pandemic The government clawed back nearly £30m in business support from South Yorkshire just weeks before reallocating money to [...]
MP John Healey will be showing Christmas cheer in a different way this year – by giving hundreds of pounds to local food banks. The Wentworth & Dearne MP is [...]
I know this news will come as a blow to many people in our area who have already sacrificed so much in fighting this virus. But cases are rising rapidly [...]
South Yorkshire has the highest number of members of a controversial pension scheme in the UK, John has discovered. The Mineworkers Pension Scheme (MPS) has 130,047 members with one in [...]
Yesterday (Monday 12 October) the Government announced a new three-tiered system of local Covid alert levels in England. South Yorkshire - including Rotherham and Barnsley - will be in tier [...]