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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

Number of women leaders is 'woeful'

By Heather Jameson | 08 March 2016

The number of women council leaders is ‘woefully’ low and we need to do more to support them, wom...

Unitary plans are 'old hat' - claims chief

By Heather Jameson | 08 March 2016

Northamptonshire CC and its districts are looking at plans to go unitary after local MPs called o...

Councillors sign up to stay in the EU

By Heather Jameson | 07 March 2016

A group of 40 leading Conservative councillors have written to the Daily Telegraph in support of ...

'Stop the devolution chaos'

By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2016

Greg Clark defends devolution strategy in The MJ interview – as Oxfordshire reorganisation propos...

A united vision is what's needed, not uniformity

By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2016

After a hectic week of devolution and reorganisation, Heather Jameson questions whether local gov...

EXCLUSIVE: Leaders fear 'losing functions' if they fail to generate income

By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2016

Local government leaders fear their organisations will be scrapped or lose functions if they fail...

Further expansion mooted in East Anglian devo plan

By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2016

The mammoth East Anglian devolution deal looks to spread even wider with plans to expand into Ess...

EXCLUSIVE: 'Super district' plan floated to cut costs

By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2016

Suffolk Coastal and Waveney DCs could join up into one ‘super district’ under plans going before ...

Plans to scrap Oxfordshire mooted in bid for devo deal

By Heather Jameson | 25 February 2016

Plans to scrap Oxfordshire CC and replace it with four unitaries have been launched by the county...

Rolling out the devo agenda

By Heather Jameson | 25 February 2016

The devolution agenda has created a paradigm shift in local government. Heather Jameson interview...