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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

Anderson to sue government over Liverpool intervention

By Heather Jameson | 20 May 2021

Former mayor of Liverpool City Council, Joe Anderson, is planning to sue the Government for its d...

New finance watchdog to take on local audit

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021

The new regulator set up to oversee private sector audit is to be expanded to include local gover...

Change is in the air

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021

In anticipation of its forthcoming report on councils and net zero, the National Audit Office ask...

Beasley to step down from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021

The chief executive of Cambridgeshire CC and Peterborough City Council, Gillian Beasley, has anno...

COVID crisis exposed council underfunding, says watchdog

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021

The COVID crisis exposed existing weaknesses in public services, including the underfunding of lo...

Can the centre learn the lessons of lockdown in time?

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021

Despite the Prime Minister’s latest protestations that we are right on track for the roadmap, the...

Liverpool puts forward improvement plan

By Heather Jameson | 12 May 2021

Liverpool City Council has drafted an improvement plan and letter in response to the Caller repor...

PM dashes hopes for localism and devolution

By Heather Jameson | 12 May 2021

All hopes that prime ministers forged through local politics would be localists, sympathetic to ...

Queen's Speech: No social care solution in sight

By Heather Jameson | 11 May 2021

The Queen’s Speech has said proposals on social care reform will be brought forward – but it fell...

Anderson granted permission to challenge legal fees decision

By Heather Jameson | 10 May 2021

Former mayor of Liverpool City Council, Joe Anderson, has been granted permission to challenge th...