Wednesday 5 January 2022 Defence / John Healey Labour’s “Dossier of Waste” reveals Ministers wasted £13 billion of taxpayers’ money Continue Reading
Thursday 16 December 2021 Defence / John Healey / Women and Equalities Government’s target for female recruits into armed forces won’t be reached for forty years Continue Reading
Monday 27 September 2021 John Healey CONFERENCE SPEECH: John Healey MP Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Continue Reading
Monday 27 September 2021 John Healey Labour pledges £35 million support fund for British veterans and Afghan interpreters Continue Reading
Monday 20 September 2021 Afghanistan / Defence / John Healey John Healey responds to Afghan interpreter data breach Continue Reading
Sunday 19 September 2021 Defence / John Healey Boris Johnson is taking a ‘casual’ approach to national security – Labour responds Continue Reading
Saturday 21 August 2021 Afghanistan / Defence / John Healey Ministers must pursue every option to save Afghans in danger – John Healey Continue Reading
Thursday 12 August 2021 Defence / John Healey John Healey responds to news that 600 British soldiers will be deployed to Afghanistan to assist with the withdrawal of British forces Continue Reading
Thursday 6 May 2021 John Healey John Healey comments on the UK sending gunboats to Jersey Continue Reading
Thursday 22 April 2021 John Healey John Healey responds to news that consultation on visa fees for Commonwealth and Nepalese service personnel launching in “early May” Continue Reading
Tuesday 13 April 2021 Defence / John Healey John Healey responds to announcement that Babcock International will be cutting 1000 jobs from its workforce Continue Reading
Monday 22 March 2021 Defence / John Healey John Healey responds to the confirmation that the army will be cut by 10,000 Continue Reading
Friday 26 February 2021 Defence / John Healey John Healey speech at RUSI on Labour’s core principles on defence and security Continue Reading
Thursday 25 February 2021 Defence / John Healey Labour to set out core principles on defence and security including commitment to NATO and nuclear deterrent Continue Reading
Sunday 7 February 2021 Defence / John Healey Labour to force Government action on under-prepared Army numbers Continue Reading
Saturday 6 February 2021 Defence / John Healey John Healey comments on the leaked MoD Report that 32 out of 33 British Infantry Battalions are short of combat-ready personnel Continue Reading
Tuesday 26 January 2021 John Healey John Healey reaction to the publication of the Armed Forces Bill Continue Reading
Tuesday 12 January 2021 Defence / John Healey John Healey comments on NAO report on the Defence Equipment Plan Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Defence / John Healey The Armed Forces have been under strength in every year of the last decade under the Conservatives Continue Reading
Thursday 19 November 2020 Defence / John Healey John Healey comments on the Prime Minister’s update to the Integrated Review Continue Reading
Wednesday 18 November 2020 John Healey Ministers must not repeat the mistakes of previous defence reviews – John Healey Continue Reading
Friday 13 November 2020 Defence / John Healey John Healey responds to Public Accounts Committee’s Report into Carrier Strike Continue Reading
Sunday 25 October 2020 Defence / John Healey Our Armed Forces must not become the victims of personal power games Continue Reading
Tuesday 13 October 2020 Defence / John Healey John Healey responds to announcement of new review into service police investigations and prosecutions Continue Reading
Friday 26 June 2020 Defence / John Healey Ministers have left Britain with no capability for ship-launched aircraft – John Healey Continue Reading
Thursday 21 May 2020 John Healey Conservative defence cuts undermined wellbeing of armed forces – John Healey Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 May 2020 Defence / John Healey Those who served our country are being forced to pay for NHS care – John Healey Continue Reading
Tuesday 12 May 2020 Defence / John Healey MoD should be spending and building in the UK to support British jobs – John Healey Continue Reading
Wednesday 29 April 2020 Defence / John Healey Reckless scale of the UK’s defence downgrade under the Tories – John Healey Continue Reading
Wednesday 22 April 2020 Defence / John Healey / Sharon Hodgson / Veterans Labour urges re-opening of helpline for veterans Continue Reading
Thursday 16 April 2020 John Healey ‘Concerning’ – Healey responds to news that 13,000 armed forces personnel are absent because of Covid-19 Continue Reading
Thursday 16 April 2020 Defence / John Healey Labour urges greater coronavirus protections and testing for the armed forces Continue Reading
Friday 27 March 2020 Coronavirus / Housing / John Healey Healey responds to Government encouraging councils to house rough sleepers Continue Reading
Monday 23 March 2020 Coronavirus / Housing / John Healey Healey responds to government amendment to the Coronavirus Bill Continue Reading
Wednesday 18 March 2020 Coronavirus / John Healey Renewed call to ban coronavirus evictions as new figures reveal six million renter households have no savings Continue Reading
Monday 16 March 2020 Coronavirus / John Healey Labour demands eviction ban for renters with coronavirus Continue Reading
Thursday 27 February 2020 Housing / John Healey Government still set to break pledge to end rough sleeping – John Healey Continue Reading
Wednesday 26 February 2020 John Healey John Healey responds to the Prime Minister’s announcement on rough sleeping Continue Reading
Wednesday 26 February 2020 Homelessness / John Healey John Healey writes to UK Statistics Authority about misleading rough sleeping figures Continue Reading
Tuesday 25 February 2020 Flooding / Housing / John Healey Inappropriate building on flood plains must stop – John Healey Continue Reading
Thursday 13 February 2020 Housing / John Healey John Healey responds to statistics showing that hundreds of blocks still remain cloaked in Grenfell-style cladding Continue Reading
Wednesday 29 January 2020 Housing / John Healey Healey responds to LGA’s research on the effects of Tory cuts on homelessness services Continue Reading
Thursday 23 January 2020 Housing / John Healey John Healey responds to the English Housing Survey Continue Reading
Friday 17 January 2020 Housing / John Healey Boris Johnson should reverse his decision to appoint Benita Mehra and apologise – John Healey Continue Reading
Friday 3 January 2020 Housing / John Healey Healey responds to government’s council funding announcement Continue Reading
Wednesday 18 December 2019 Housing / John Healey John Healey responds to latest government homelessness statistics Continue Reading
Wednesday 4 December 2019 Housing / Jeremy Corbyn / John Healey Labour pledges ‘moral mission’ to save lives this Christmas and end rough sleeping Continue Reading
Tuesday 3 December 2019 Housing / John Healey “Shameful”: Healey responds to statistics showing that 135,000 children will be homeless this Christmas Continue Reading
Sunday 24 November 2019 Housing / Jeremy Corbyn / John Healey Labour pledges to put bad landlords out of business with new charter of renters’ rights and ‘property MOT’ Continue Reading