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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

HOUSING

Westminster insources housing service

By Heather Jameson | 28 March 2019

Westminster City Council is bringing its housing stock back in house from 1 April, it has said.

WHITEHALL

Councils defend council tax hikes

By Heather Jameson | 27 March 2019

Councils have had ‘little choice’ but to raise council tax to protect local services, the Local G...

DEVOLUTION

Let's not replace Brussels with Whitehall

By Heather Jameson | 26 March 2019

As local government stays stuck in the inertia of Brexit, wouldn't it be better to imagine a devo...

WHITEHALL

Treasury official to join MHCLG

By Heather Jameson | 26 March 2019

A Treasury official has been appointed as director general at the Ministry of Housing, Communitie...

WHITEHALL

Local income tax best bet for fiscal devo - IFS

By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2019

Local income tax would be the best option for fiscal devolution if the Government wanted to hand ...

FINANCE

A taxing problem

By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2019

Heather Jameson looks at the latest report from the IFS’s Local Government Finance Commission, wh...

FINANCE

Investing in people always pays off

By Heather Jameson I | 20 March 2019

As this week's report on the Troubled Families Programme shows, investing in people always pays o...

SOCIAL CARE

Waiting for Godot and the Social Care Green Paper

By Heather Jameson | 19 March 2019

Public finances are outperforming expectations, but the post-spring statement briefing from the I...

FINANCE

End 'lazy language of austerity,' sector urged

By Heather Jameson | 14 March 2019

Government’s choice to target councils for cuts rather than austerity is to blame for local gover...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Avoiding the precipice

By Heather Jameson | 13 March 2019

As councils seek ways to meet the funding gap, Martin Reeves and Rob Whiteman look at the implica...