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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

Government can't keep 'flying blind' on council finances

By Heather Jameson | 01 December 2021

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is 'licking its fingers and sticking the...

Reasons to be cheerful

By Heather Jameson | 01 December 2021

The MJ and Penna’s annual survey of council chief executives reveals resilience and the ability t...

EXCLUSIVE: Districts in county deals warning

By Dan Peters | 30 November 2021

District council leaders have warned county deals will fail unless local government secretary Mic...

Selling Stoke's narrative

By Heather Jameson | 24 November 2021

Leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Cllr Abi Brown, talks to Heather Jameson about her journey...

CCN conference: Senior officer in financial collapse warning

By Heather Jameson | 23 November 2021

The countdown is on before some councils face financial collapse due to a change to children’s se...

CCN conference: Hunt 'very worried' about social care funding

By Heather Jameson | 22 November 2021

Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt is ‘very worried’ about the funding of social care for the re...

CCN conference: MacAlister moots national children's care service

By Heather Jameson | 22 November 2021

Some parts of children’s social services may be better provided at a national level, the chair of...

London chiefs in mass exodus

By Heather Jameson | 17 November 2021

London is facing a mass exodus of its council chief executives with nearly half of the boroughs s...

Councils need the tools to tackle climate change

By Heather Jameson | 17 November 2021

If the Government didn’t quite achieve its aims during COP26, it can still lead by example, harne...

Councils need power and financial freedom to tackle housing, says think-tank

By Heather Jameson | 16 November 2021

Councils and communities need more powers and financial freedoms to drive new development and res...