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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

Colleagues pay tribute to former LGA chairman

By Heather Jameson | 13 April 2011

Tributes have poured in from across local government for Sir Simon Milton, who passed away this w...

Former LGA chair Sir Simon Milton dies

By Heather Jameson | 12 April 2011

Former Local Government Association chairman, Sir Simon Milton, has passed away after a short ill...

Capita snaps up Tribal health and government business

By Heather Jameson | 11 April 2011

Outsourcing firm Capita has acquired the health and government arm of rival firm the Tribal Group...

Business rate move is 'ultimate in localism'

By Heather Jameson | 05 April 2011

Plans to re-localise the business rates have been described as the ‘ultimate expression of locali...

The long arm of the law

By Heather Jameson | 05 April 2011

There are some remarkable similarities between local government and the police, Sir Hugh Orde exp...

Gathering of minds in intellectual heartland seek cure for recession

By Heather Jameson | 05 April 2011

As the country heard news of the gloomiest budget for years, The MJ and Cambridgeshire CC held a ...

A lesson for healthy schools

By Heather Jameson | 05 April 2011

The MJ and the National Healthy Schools Programme recently held a roundtable debate on the issue,...

Chancellor unveils a budget for private sector growth

By Heather Jameson | 04 April 2011

The Government’s promised ‘Budget for growth’ has launched at least 21 Enterprise Zones in a bid ...

Lib Dem chief lays into LGA Conservative group

By Heather Jameson | 31 March 2011

Conservatives at the Local Government Association (LGA) have come under fire for alleged politica...