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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

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...

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...