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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

Income compensation scheme fails to cover the cost of COVID

By Heather Jameson | 25 August 2020

Government plans to compensate councils for income lost due to COVID-19 are only likely to cover ...

Fifth of care homes took on COVID patients, survey reveals

By Heather Jameson | 24 August 2020

One in five care homes had to accept patients discharged from hospital who had tested positive fo...

Clarke's pop quiz

By Heather Jameson | 18 August 2020

The English reorganisation debate has shone a light on proposed new unitaries, particularly the i...

Fears for small unitaries over Clarke's reorganisation shake-up

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2020

Existing small unitaries could be at risk in the looming reorganisation shake-up after the Govern...

Advisers offer neat solution to the rocky road ahead

By Heather Jameson | 11 August 2020

As a raft of councils could face difficulties from their commercial investment, or just failing f...

Auditors issue public interest report into Notts firm

By Heather Jameson | 11 August 2020

Auditors have issued a public interest report into the failures of Nottingham City Council’s comm...

EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dem leadership candidates in reorganisation warning

By Heather Jameson | 06 August 2020

The Lib Dem leadership candidates have both warned against the Government’s plans to force throug...

Battle for the top job

By Heather Jameson | 05 August 2020

As the Liberal Democrats vote for their next leader, in this exclusive interview, Heather James...

The unitary battle lines are a distraction from devolution

By Heather Jameson | 05 August 2020

By linking devolution to reorganisation, central government has shifted the debate from what powe...

London leaders hit out at PM's failure to engage

By Heather Jameson | 03 August 2020

The Mayor of London and leader of London Councils have written to the Prime Minister protesting t...