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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

Whitehall employment update

By Michael Burton | 31 October 2011

While local government employment is showing the sharpest fall in five years, what is the picture...

Warwickshire and Coventry share highways and transport works

By Michael Burton | 28 October 2011

Warwickshire CC and Coventry City Council sign formal agreement to share highways and transport w...

More redundancies means less paying members in the pension scheme

By Michael Burton | 26 October 2011

News that the Local Government Pension Scheme is losing members in droves is hardly surprising c...

Getting the EU message out to the public

By Michael Burton | 25 October 2011

In light of the Commons EU referendum vote, Michael Burton comments on a recent euro-conference f...

Postcode lottery warning over resource review

By Michael Burton | 25 October 2011

Councils in the North East warn of 'postcode lottery' if business rates are localised as part of ...

'Smash silos', says Pickles

By Michael Burton | 19 October 2011

Councils were this week placed centre-stage in the coalition’s drive to tackle dysfunctional fami...

The next stage of community budgets

By Michael Burton | 18 October 2011

The prospectus for bids to become the next four community budget pilots covering neighbours and '...

Pickles sets problem families challenge for councils

By Michael Burton | 18 October 2011

Eric Pickles today stepped up the community budgets programme with a challenge to councils to spe...

Are you an award winner for 2012?

By Michael Burton | 14 October 2011

The MJ is delighted to announce the launch of its prestigious annual search to find the best loca...

Inside View

By Michael Burton | 12 October 2011

Here are four questions for non-economists and non-pointy heads.