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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

Rising to the challenge

By Heather Jameson | 26 October 2016

As the annual Local Government Challenge searches for the next generation of talent in the sector...

EXCLUSIVE: Council tax revaluation is ruled out

By Heather Jameson | 26 October 2016

Council tax revaluation is off the table but local authority fees and charges could be reviewed, ...

IFS: Stark warning for counties over business rates formula

By Heather Jameson | 26 October 2016

County councils face a double whammy of rising care costs and dwindling revenues as local governm...

Quids in or cashing out?

By Heather Jameson | 18 October 2016

With vital business rate localisation decisions being thrashed out, and in the shadow of a new Lo...

Only the very brave need apply

By Heather Jameson | 18 October 2016

With fresh pressure looming for local government, Heather Jameson says council chiefs will need t...

Setting the new agenda

By Heather Jameson | 12 October 2016

With a background in local government and leading care at the Department of Health, Jon Rouse was...

From Scale 1 to SOLACE

By Heather Jameson | 12 October 2016

Heather Jameson talks to Doncaster chief Jo Miller about her long journey from a Liverpool free s...

It's the democracy dilemma

By Heather Jameson | 12 October 2016

The Government's decision on fracking in Lancashire flies in the face of devolution rhetoric, wri...

Porter blasts mental health budget cuts

By Heather Jameson | 12 October 2016

Plans to cut spending on mental health are ‘bang out of order,’ Local Government Association chai...

Income tax and VAT devolution in London's sights

By Heather Jameson | 11 October 2016

The capital’s councils should be handed a slice of income tax and VAT, the interim report of the ...