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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

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...

Senior officers doctored dismissal letter, tribunal finds

By Heather Jameson | 10 November 2021

Senior officers conspired to doctor a dismissal letter in a bid to make it look like it was signe...

Can we have both levelling up and devo?

By Heather Jameson | 10 November 2021

Levelling up local government finance needs a more centralised system of funding, says Heather Ja...

More than just blah, blah, blah

By Heather Jameson | 09 November 2021

As COP26 draws to a close, Heather Jameson reports on a Local Partnerships webinar, where some of...

Concerns raised over Liverpool audit delay

By Heather Jameson | 05 November 2021

The leader of Liverpool City Council's Lib Dem group, Richard Kemp, has written to the new chair ...

Doing nothing is now not an option

By Heather Jameson | 03 November 2021

As the Government released its latest reports on the financial failures there is a lesson to be l...

A mixed fiscal bag for councils

By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2021

Isn't it ironic that a chancellor devoted to low taxes has funded a bonanza Budget through taxes ...

Birmingham's road to a bright future

By Heather Jameson | 26 October 2021

There are two pillars to Birmingham’s levelling up plans: investment in infrastructure, public tr...

'Salford is the world's best levelling up opportunity'

By Heather Jameson | 26 October 2021

Tom Stannard talks to Heather Jameson about why connecting communities and levelling up can’t be ...