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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

Business rates grant money could be clawed back, says IFS

By Heather Jameson | 14 June 2020

Central government funds given to councils to pay for grants and business rates waivers may have ...

Care is 'not out of the woods' as winter comes, says ADASS

By Heather Jameson | 11 June 2020

Social care directors have warned they will need significantly more funding, more PPE and more in...

CIPFA issues temporary s114 guidance

By Heather Jameson | 11 June 2020

Council finance chiefs have been given new guidelines for dealing with financial collapse during ...

Test Valley names new chief

By Heather Jameson | 11 June 2020

Andy Ferrier has been appointed as the new chief executive of Test Valley BC, following the retir...

Mental health plummets amid COVID crisis

By Heather Jameson | 10 June 2020

Mental health has plummeted during the coronavirus crisis, research by the Institute of Fiscal St...

Melting the boundaries after COVID

By Heather Jameson | 09 June 2020

In our first virtual round table alongside recruiters Faerfield, chiefs from across the sector ta...

Listen to the experts on the front line

By Heather Jameson | 02 June 2020

Heather Jameson says that if the Government’s mantra is that it will take the evidence over opini...

Deadly risk to social care staff revealed

By Heather Jameson | 02 June 2020

Social care staff are at higher risk of dying from coronavirus than other occupations, Public Hea...

We've only just begun

By Heather Jameson | 01 June 2020

After working with councils to get thousands of rough sleepers off the streets, Dame Louise Casey...

Directors warn of 'deep concerns' over care funding

By Heather Jameson | 01 June 2020

Adult social care directors have ‘deep concerns’ about the Infection Control Fund which is being ...