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The Municipal Journal
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The Municipal Journal (also known as The MJ) is a weekly print news magazine and online publication covering

civic administration in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It was established in 1893, under the title London.[1][3] It is now published by the Hemming Group, with a stated target audience of "council chief executives and their teams of decision-makers in local authorities and allied sectors".[4] The editor since 2011 has been Heather Jameson; she replaced Michael Burton.[5]

The academic historian John R. Griffiths has described its role in its first two decades of existence as:[1]

...to defend the

Progressive agenda from Conservative (Moderate) attack, and [...] to play the role as the 'Hansard
of local government.'

elsewhere, Griffiths notes:[6]

...the significance of British world publications such as the Municipal Journal, appearing after 1890, in the facilitation of British world progressivism

From 1950-1952, it was published as the Municipal Journal and Public Works Engineer.[7]

As well as news and opinion pieces, the journal has also published articles by academic researchers.[8][9]

The journal also sponsors and hosts an annual "MJ Achievement Awards".[10]

References

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  2. ^ "The MJ (Municipal Journal)". WHSmith. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Centenary of the Municipal Journal - EDM (Early Day Motion) 1546: tabled on 09 March 1993". 9 March 1993. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ^ "The MJ". Hemming Group. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ^ "All change: New editor for The MJ". The MJ. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. Wikidata Q58352476
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  7. ^ "The municipal journal and public works engineer". National Library of Australia. 1950. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  8. ^ Leather, P.; Mackintosh, S.C. (1993). "Rebuilding the housing renewal programme". Municipal Journal. 25: 33–36.
  9. ^ Watt, P. (7 September 2001). "Council Tax Revaluation". Municipal Journal: 11.
  10. ^ Coxon, Paul. "Warwickshire scoops two awards at the MJ Achievement Awards 2022". Warwickshire County Council. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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