Author Profile
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
Government plans for an ‘equality oath’ must be for members as well as officers, former Whitehall...
The Government will need to scrap its funding reforms, significantly boost top-ups or centralise ...
There is a cacophony of voices calling for local government finance reform. Heather Jameson sugge...
The future options for funding adult social care are going to leave central government with some ...
The Government’s response to the Dame Louise Casey review into integration has resulted in the cr...
Council tax is ‘outdated and regressive,’ and the Government should consider scrapping it in favo...
Sir Robin Wales has been deselected as the Mayoral candidate for Newham LBC.
Local government experts have warned that some councils will face an ‘immediate and deepening fin...
Council finances were offered little respite in chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Statement.
The team brought in to turn around Birmingham has vowed to work more closely with the council.
