Author Profile
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
High street guru Mary Portas has hit out at the government for failing to take on her plans to bo...
Too big to handle or just badly managed? Britain’s second city has come under the spotlight, with...
Eric Pickles has created a more confident, more politicised local government with the determinati...
Birmingham City Council has hit back at Sir Bob Kerslake for being too detailed and dictatorial i...
Birmingham City Council has hit back at Sir Bob Kerslake for being too detailed and dictatorial i...
Birmingham City Council has been given a year to turn itself around or face further intervention,...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, told local government his door was ‘open’ for mo...
‘English votes for English laws’ is less important than getting the right deal for communities, t...
If the next Government continues to cut local government funding and protect ring-fenced health b...
The current Government’s funding system is ‘based on rewarding affluence rather than funding need...
