Healey: Labour needs to prove itself on jobs and migration to see off UKIP threat
Labour must tackle the threat of UKIP by proving it has “good answers” to public concern over immigration, job security…
John Healey
John Healey: UKIP has a new leader but we must show it’s only Labour that can stand up for blue-collar Britain
In 2012 when John Spellar and I ran the Rotherham by-election we saw UKIP get over a fifth…
Abbott swings behind Richmond Park candidate before final hustings tonight
Labour’s candidate in Richmond Park faces one of his last chances to win over swing voters tonight when…
An astonishing set of Tory failures: top Labour figures give their verdict on key Autumn Statement measures
£122bn of extra borrowing by 2021 and growth downgraded for next year John McDonnell, shadow chancellor: “The figures speak…
“No plan to fix the housing crisis” – John Healey on Tory affordable homes pledge
This is the full response issued by John Healey, shadow secretary of state for housing, after the government…
Tories should “hang their heads in shame” over child homelessness – John Healey
Shadow housing secretary John Healey has slammed the government’s record on child homelessness today. Nearly 40,000 families with…
Labour set to contest Richmond Park by-election despite call to stand aside
Labour is set to contest the by-election triggered by Zac Goldsmith’s resignation despite calls from senior MPs to stand…
John Healey: New figures reveal true scale of Tories’ betrayal of the North
Regional inequality is at its highest level since records began in 1997, and has worsened in every year…
John Healey: Labour must demand a regional gains test for Brexit trade talks and ensure wealth spreads beyond London
In 2010 in his first Budget, George Osborne promised to rebalance the economy so that it “generates…
A return to shadow Cabinet elections would inaugurate a new era of navel-gazing among MPs
The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) is about to vote on whether to reinstate elections to the shadow Cabinet,…
