John Healey
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 64 |
| Web site | www.johnhealeymp.co.uk |
| Date of birth | February 13,1960 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Wakefield |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Jackie Bate |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Books | MPs and Politics in Our Time |
| Job | Politician |
| Official site | parliament.uk |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2010 | |
| Education | Christ's College Cambridge |
| St Peter's School, York | |
| Previous position | Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) of the United Kingdom |
| Founded | Dearne Valley College |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 450680 |
John Healey Life story
John Healey is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Wentworth and Dearne, formerly Wentworth, since 1997. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Secretary of State for Defence since 2020. Healey was Minister of State for Housing and Planning in the Brown Government.
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... Labour s shadow defence secretary John Healey said: " The first duty of any government is to keep people safe, so ministers have serious questions to answer on how these weapons, electronics and ammunition have gone missing from MoD bases, and who s got them now...
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... Shadow defence secretary John Healey accused the government of " serving eviction notices on 8,000 Afghans - half of whom are children - with no guarantee they will be offered a suitable, settled place to live"...
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... Shadow defence secretary John Healey announced late last year that all major defence projects would be subject to a " Nato test" in the first 100 days of a Labour government...
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... John Healey, the shadow defence secretary, said the Conservatives were " failing to secure Britain s national defence for the future"...
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... Shadow defence secretary John Healey said the government had " Labour s fullest backing" for the decision to send the Challengers...
£20 daily bonus for troops covering Christmas strikes
... Shadow defence secretary John Healey said the government s " small gesture is better than nothing" but forces were " once again having to bail out Conservative ministers who are grinding our country to a halt"...
£20 daily bonus for troops covering Christmas strikes
Military Personnel covering public sector strikes over the Christmas period are to be paid daily bonuses of £20.
The Ministry of Defence said the payments were for those asked to step in from 19 December to 2 January.
Around 625 personnel are filling in for Border Force staff striking at UK airports This Week .
On Wednesday, around 750 were drafted in to help during walkouts from ambulance staff in England and Wales.
Members of The Armed forces do not have The Right to strike, and can be called upon to guarantee emergency services during industrial Action .
But Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin recently cautioned against seeing the military as an " ultimate backstop" during walkouts.
The MoD said the £20 payments would come out of The Department 's budget, and be made for each day of cover or training beforehand.
The payments are after tax and would be paid to military staff as part of their monthly salary, The Department added.
Military staff covered ambulance strikes earlier This Week during Action by the Unison, Unite and the GMB unions striking over pay.
Ministers said they would help get people to A& E more quickly, but would not be allowed to drive ambulances under blue lights, go through Red Lights or break the speed limit.
Military staff have also been asked to cover striking Border Force officials from the PCS union at six airports and The Port of Newhaven in Sussex.
Military payments reviewDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said he was " incredibly grateful" that The Armed forces were going " above and beyond" at short notice to keep services going.
He blamed unions for the industrial Action , accusing them of holding " our public services to ransom".
Shadow defence secretary John Healey said the government's " small gesture is better than nothing" but forces were " Once Again having to Bail Out Conservative ministers who are grinding Our Country to a halt".
The MoD also said the current rules under which it charges for the use of military staff would be reviewed early next year.
The procedure, under which the MoD bills other government departments for using The Armed forces, has been used increasingly in recent years because of their role in the response to the Covid pandemic.
The government has set out a long-term ambition to reduce its reliance on the regular armed forces during emergency situations.
In a published earlier This Week , it said using military staff should be a " last resort" and in future it wanted to make greater use of reservists.
Last week, The Top civil servant at the MoD told MPs it was charging other parts of government £4,000 per week per staff member to ensure they were being used as a " last resort" during industrial Action .
Source of news: bbc.com
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