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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

Prioritising action on standards is a must for PM

By Heather Jameson | 15 October 2026

Heather Jameson says it may be great news to hear that Andy Burnham is committed to delivering re...

'A denial of democracy'

By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026

Commissioner-led intervention is ‘problematic’ and a ‘denial of local democracy’, the chief execu...

Councils: Commissioners need to be the very last resort

By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026

'The question is how to get local government back to the days when intervention was the exceptio...

Liverpool's recovery: how a council moved beyond intervention

By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026

Liverpool City Council has shed its final improvement notice and emerged from intervention five y...

Brave Jim squaring up for a fight

By Heather Jameson | 01 October 2026

Local government minister Jim McMahon is setting his sights on renewed reorganisation and reformi...

EXCLUSIVE: Reorganisation door open for 2028

By Ann McGauran | 01 October 2026

Some two-tier areas could still be encouraged to stick to the original reorganisation timetable d...

Labour Conference: Devo 'rippling through Whitehall'

By Heather Jameson | 28 September 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s devotion to devolution is ‘rippling through the Whitehall machine’,...

Labour Conference: McMahon will 'come back stronger' on LGR

By Heather Jameson | 28 September 2026

Local government minister Jim McMahon has vowed to ‘come back stronger’ after pausing plans for r...

Labour Conference: Burnham's shift to universal care

By Heather Jameson | 27 September 2026

Social care tax rises are set to be a big battleground for the next election after Prime Minister...

Scots structure plans opens the door to debate

By Heather Jameson | 24 September 2026

If the Scottish Government's plans for council reorganisation offer 'a community led, economicall...

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