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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

Starmer pledges new partnership with councillors in leadership bid

By Heather Jameson | 10 January 2020

Labour leadership hopeful Keir Starmer has written to councillors in a bid to garner support in t...

Councils are faring well on finance

By Heather Jameson | 09 January 2020

Last month, CIPFA published its resilience index tool – and the picture for local government is b...

Councils still shine after a decade of austerity

By Heather Jameson | 09 January 2020

CIPFA's new resilence data tool is a 'dataset, not a crystal ball', says Heather Jameson. It show...

Index reveals true scale of town halls' resilience

By EXCLUSIVE by Heather Jameson | 09 January 2020

Northamptonshire CC is no longer the council most at risk when it comes to its financial stabilit...

West Sussex to appoint joint chief executive

By Heather Jameson | 16 December 2019

West Sussex CC has announced a new improvement plan which will see neighbouring East Sussex CC’s ...

DATA EXCLUSIVE: Resilience index shows just 10% of councils are at financial risk

By Heather Jameson | 15 December 2019

The ‘majority of councils’ are not showing signs of major financial stress, the Chartered Institu...

All we want for Christmas is

By Heather Jameson | 11 December 2019

In all, 2019 is a year epitomised more by deficiencies than its successes, says Heather Jameson. ...

Harnessing the climate change agenda for our future places

By Heather Jameson | 03 December 2019

Climate change is a challenge, but the trick will be to harness the agenda to redesign our towns ...

XR '12 days of crisis' protests could target town halls

By Heather Jameson | 28 November 2019

Climate change protesters Extinction Rebellion plan to kick off the next round of protests from 1...

Promising the earth, but are they fit for the future?

By Heather Jameson | 27 November 2019

Heather Jameson says that as we approach 2020, we are greeted by election manifestos appealing m...