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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

Spring statement: Sunak to tackle cost of living pressures

By Heather Jameson | 23 March 2022

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to tackle increasing pressure on household budgets when he mak...

Taking the collaborative approach to success

By Heather Jameson | 22 March 2022

New Peterborough City Council chief executive Matt Gladstone is endlessly positive about his job,...

Learning lessons from the Lambeth experience

By Heather Jameson | 22 March 2022

As Lambeth LBC chief executive Andrew Travers steps down from his role, he tells Heather Jameson ...

Ministers fail to act on calls to beef up standards

By Heather Jameson | 18 March 2022

The Government has been accused of ‘willfully looking the other way’ on standards after failing t...

Will the current crises put paid to levelling up?

By Heather Jameson | 15 March 2022

Local government is used to complexity, but what does the current crop of crises do for the domes...

London chief switches boroughs

By Heather Jameson | 11 March 2022

Newham LBC chief executive Althea Loderick has been named as the new chief of Southwark LBC.

Councils leap into action to support the people of Ukraine

By Heather Jameson | 09 March 2022

What can councils do in the face of this crisis? Quite a lot, it seems, says Heather Jameson. She...

Croydon to face legal challenge from suspended director

By Heather Jameson | 02 March 2022

Croydon LBC is facing a legal challenge from an executive director who has been on long-term gard...

Focusing on fiscal and the value of bottom-up services

By Heather Jameson | 02 March 2022

According to some big hitter ministers last week, they are open to financial devolution – but the...

Renewed fiscal devo push

By Heather Jameson and Martin Ford | 02 March 2022

The Government has revealed it is in talks with local areas about extra financial powers as Micha...