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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

Unison calls for end to 'scandalous' pay

By Heather Jameson | 16 October 2013

Local government pay has been branded a 'scandalous' by union bosses, with more than 500,000 paid...

Betts calls for clarity over PM cuts figures

By Heather Jameson | 15 October 2013

The Prime Minister has been asked to explain why he is describing recent local government cuts as...

Exclusive: Birmingham chief's call to cull statutory duties

By Heather Jameson | 10 October 2013

The Government needs to review statutory duties for councils, one of the country’s leading counci...

Video: Failure is not an option for Birmingham

By Heather Jameson | 09 October 2013

Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes has a neat analogy to explain the forthcom...

New-look MJ to be launched

By Heather Jameson | 09 October 2013

This is a week of launches for The MJ.

PAC slates central government over community budgets

By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2013

The Public Accounts Committee released four reports last week, slating the progress made by the T...

Wanted: honesty about the true state of the sector

By Heather Jameson | 03 October 2013

As the party conference season draws to a close, we can hopefully shut the door on some of the mo...

Liverpool warns of stark cuts ahead

By Heather Jameson | 01 October 2013

The Mayor of Liverpool City Council has warned the authority will only be able to run mandatory s...

Doncaster in children's trust victory

By Heather Jameson | 26 September 2013

Doncaster MBC will be allowed to set up its own children’s trust, the Government has ruled, in a ...

Breaking: Lancs CC paid Liverpool BT man £500,000 this year

By Heather Jameson | 26 September 2013

The BT executive who worked across joint venture deals with Lancashire CC and Liverpool City Coun...