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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

No Christmas cheer from Gove the Grinch

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2023

In a year that Michael Gove handed £1.9bn in departmental underspends back to the Treasury, and t...

The asylum mess needs cleaning up

By Heather Jameson | 07 December 2023

'The current conditions in some asylum hotels make the prospect of Rwanda look like a soft option...

Brighton announces new chief

By Heather Jameson | 06 December 2023

Brighton and Hove City Council has announced Jess Gibbons from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Pool...

Brum blame culture still 'largely unaddressed'

By Heather Jameson | 04 December 2023

Birmingham City Council’s problems of governance and accountability are still ‘largely unaddresse...

Santa or the Grinch? No quick fix for fail finances

By Heather Jameson | 29 November 2023

Heather Jameson says: 'It all comes back to the same issues over and again for local government. ...

McMahon returns to Labour frontbench

By Heather Jameson | 28 November 2023

Former Oldham MBC leader Jim McMahon has returned to the opposition frontbench as shadow devoluti...

Autumn Statement: Business rates measures to be fully funded

By Heather Jameson | 22 November 2023

Plans to extend business rates relief will be fully funded for local authorities, the small print...

Expected devo boost in Autumn Statement

By Heather Jameson | 22 November 2023

Seven counties are expected to be among a swathe of non-mayoral devolution deals being lined up b...

Devo's the word – so what comes next?

By Heather Jameson | 21 November 2023

Michael Gove’s appearance at the County Councils’ Network conference this week may have been ill-...

New Local deputy chief: 'Devolution is here to stay'

By Heather Jameson | 21 November 2023

Devolution is here to stay, but the next Government needs to decide what to do with it, a think-t...