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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

Johnson vows to 'get care done'

By Heather Jameson | 06 October 2021

The Prime Minister delivered a speech peppered with quips but short on announcements at the Conse...

Minister: All options exhausted in hunt for social care solution

By Heather Jameson | 06 October 2021

Minister Gillian Keegan has claimed ‘every single option was looked at’ before the Government con...

Devolution is my 'unfinished business'

By Heather Jameson | 06 October 2021

Pat Ritchie is leaving her role as chief executive of Newcastle City Council after more than eigh...

Councils offer the solution for crisis-hit Britain

By Heather Jameson | 29 September 2021

Heather Jameson says that without a central Government solution, local government will carry on i...

Reshuffle puts Gove in the driving seat for next election

By Heather Jameson | 22 September 2021

Last week’s reshuffle was, for local government, far more than a switch in the ministerial deckch...

Unintended consequences of tax hikes

By Heather Jameson | 14 September 2021

Heather Jameson says: 'Something that may appear straightforward – raising taxes to pay for care ...

The people have spoken

By Heather Jameson | 14 September 2021

Engaging with the public to gauge local priorities, Newham LBC’s first permanent Citizens’ Assemb...

Is bending the goalposts on social care enough?

By Heather Jameson | 07 September 2021

'While the Prime Minister, chancellor and health and social care secretary all repeated the mantr...

Borough chief to step down

By Heather Jameson | 06 September 2021

Southwark LBC chief executive, Eleanor Kelly, has announced she is due to retire early next year.

Chancellor faces tough call on on care, pensions and welfare

By Heather Jameson | 06 September 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will need to make a series of tough choices this autumn, the Resolution Fo...