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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

Battling the new apocalypse

By Heather Jameson | 26 May 2021

Local government is besieged by the pandemic, digitalistion, the economy and the impending fiscal...

Government has no time to waste wondering what councils are for

By Heather Jameson | 26 May 2021

Whether cock-up or conspiracy, the apparent failure of the Government to let a number of councils...

Report finds cities hit by 'Zoomshock' are best placed to economic recovery

By Heather Jameson | 21 May 2021

Cities have been hollowed out by COVID but they are still best placed to drive the recovery, a re...

London's 'triple whammy' risks homelessness crisis

By Heather Jameson | 20 May 2021

London Councils has warned there is a ‘triple whammy’ of impending risks that threaten to push ho...

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...