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Heather Jameson

Heather Jameson

Heather Jameson is editor of The MJ, the leading weekly local government title for chief executives and senior managers, and of www.TheMJ.co.uk. She is a regular speaker at both local government events and is co-host of the podcast Our World is Local. Heather was a member of the Councillors’ Commission, chaired by Professor Colin Copus of De Montfort University, and is a passionate advocate of local government.

Articles by Heather Jameson

The pitfalls of risk and return

By Heather Jameson | 03 July 2019

Kent CC hit the headlines after it tried to withdraw £263m of its pension pot from the Woodford ...

Bring it on – give it to us

By Heather Jameson | 02 July 2019

James Jamieson is the newly-elected chairman of the Local Government Association. He talks to Hea...

Jamieson beats Simmonds and Fleming to take over from Porter

By Dan Peters | 27 June 2019

Central Bedfordshire Council leader James Jamieson will be the next Local Government Association ...

Devolution agenda 'going backwards' – Lord Porter

By Heather Jameson | 26 June 2019

The devolution agenda has ‘gone backwards,’ the outgoing chairman of the Local Government Associa...

Last orders

By Heather Jameson | 26 June 2019

Lord Gary Porter of Spalding, chairman of the Local Government Association, is getting ready to s...

Council chiefs cut through the social class barriers

By Heather Jameson | 26 June 2019

So local government is less elite than most. Does it matter? Heather Jameson would argue it does.

Johnson v Hunt

By Heather Jameson | 25 June 2019

As the race to become the next prime minister continues, Heather Jameson looks at what the candid...

Measuring success is more than just boosting GDP

By Heather Jameson | 19 June 2019

The past decade in local government has been dominated by pushing forward local economies, with s...

Government must invest to take pressure off hospitals, says ADASS

By Heather Jameson | 13 June 2019

Central government needs to invest in social care and primary health in a bid to take the pressur...

A crackdown on sexism is the first step towards equality

By Heather Jameson | 12 June 2019

For a senior woman in local government to be subjected to comments about her 'good breeding hips'...