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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

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...

Dame Louise Casey to get peerage

By Heather Jameson | 31 July 2020

Dame Louise Casey has been nominated to sit in the House of Lords as a crossbench peer in the lat...

Hancock's new rules to halt COVID spread

By Heather Jameson | 31 July 2020

New rules on social gatherings have been introduced in Northern England as the number of COVID ca...

Centralising care won't help anyone

By Heather Jameson | 29 July 2020

Without adult social care, councils would be self-sufficient on business rates, council tax, fees...

Plan to hand social care to NHS is for 'wrong reasons'

By Heather Jameson | 29 July 2020

Plans to hand social care to the NHS are being mooted for ‘all the wrong reasons,’ local governme...

Rebuilding Redbridge

By Heather Jameson | 28 July 2020

Redbridge LBC is one of the areas likely to be hit with the double whammy of a high impact from C...

Councillors in south east reject metro mayors, says poll

By Heather Jameson | 28 July 2020

Seven out of ten councillors in the South East of England are against plans for metro mayors, a p...

Ministers moot plans to hand social care to NHS

By Heather Jameson | 28 July 2020

Social care could be handed over to the NHS under proposals being considered to solve the looming...