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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

LEPs 'should ease route' to budget pooling

By Heather Jameson | 30 October 2013

Council transport and planning chiefs have called on the Government and local enterprise partners...

Sawford: 'The answer lies with councils'

By Heather Jameson | 24 October 2013

When both the Government and the shadow cabinet reshuffled earlier this month there were a number...

Editor's comment: Pay becoming weapon of mass distraction

By Heather Jameson | 23 October 2013

For all those chief executives who thought it may finally be safe to stick their head above the p...

Top council jobs in flux

By Heather Jameson | 23 October 2013

Two more councils have deleted the post of chief executive while the country’s largest council op...

Treasury 'considers' centrally setting chief executive pay

By Heather Jameson | 22 October 2013

The Treasury is ‘continuing to look at’ setting council chief executive pay centrally in a move t...

MJ Awards: How Merton worked its magic

By Heather Jameson | 16 October 2013

When Merton LBC embarked on a ‘journey to excellence’ it redesigned its operating model to be bus...

Unison calls for end to 'scandalous' pay

By Heather Jameson | 16 October 2013

Local government pay has been branded a 'scandalous' by union bosses, with more than 500,000 paid...

Betts calls for clarity over PM cuts figures

By Heather Jameson | 15 October 2013

The Prime Minister has been asked to explain why he is describing recent local government cuts as...

Exclusive: Birmingham chief's call to cull statutory duties

By Heather Jameson | 10 October 2013

The Government needs to review statutory duties for councils, one of the country’s leading counci...

Video: Failure is not an option for Birmingham

By Heather Jameson | 09 October 2013

Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes has a neat analogy to explain the forthcom...