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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

'Superdistrict' plan gets the go ahead

By Heather Jameson | 15 March 2016

Plans for a ‘superdistict’ have taken a step forward after Suffolk Coastal and Waveney District C...

Robinson to stand down from Cheshire West and Chester

By Heather Jameson | 14 March 2016

Chief executive of Cheshire West and Chester Council, Steve Robinson, has announced he will step ...

Look how far we've come – now let's go further

By Heather Jameson | 10 March 2016

After speaking with Greg Clark, Heather Jameson reflects that local government still has a long w...

Government 'gerrymandering' combined authority boundaries

By Heather Jameson | 10 March 2016

The Government is ‘gerrymandering’ the boundaries of combined authorities in a bid to ensure the ...

The man with the devo plans

By Heather Jameson | 08 March 2016

Heather Jameson talks to communities secretary Greg Clark about the ‘devolution revolution’ as lo...

Number of women leaders is 'woeful'

By Heather Jameson | 08 March 2016

The number of women council leaders is ‘woefully’ low and we need to do more to support them, wom...

Unitary plans are 'old hat' - claims chief

By Heather Jameson | 08 March 2016

Northamptonshire CC and its districts are looking at plans to go unitary after local MPs called o...

Councillors sign up to stay in the EU

By Heather Jameson | 07 March 2016

A group of 40 leading Conservative councillors have written to the Daily Telegraph in support of ...

'Stop the devolution chaos'

By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2016

Greg Clark defends devolution strategy in The MJ interview – as Oxfordshire reorganisation propos...

Further expansion mooted in East Anglian devo plan

By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2016

The mammoth East Anglian devolution deal looks to spread even wider with plans to expand into Ess...