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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Staying local but going global for investment

By Michael Burton | 30 June 2021

Just because we are no longer in the EU does not mean European investors have lost interest in th...

WHITEHALL

Government borrowing drops

By Michael Burton | 22 June 2021

Government borrowing last month at £24.3bn was £19.4bn lower than the same month in 2020 thanks t...

WHITEHALL

Heseltine: Metro mayors should make more trouble for Boris

By Michael Burton | 14 June 2021

Metro mayors should ‘make more trouble for the Prime Minister’ to deliver their plans, former dep...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Report in abuse action call

By Michael Burton | 09 June 2021

Council children’s services should take a more active approach to combating child sexual abuse (C...

LEGAL

Asylum seeker costs should be funded from the centre

By Michael Burton | 08 June 2021

The fair and humanitarian answer from the Home Office is to properly fund councils shouldering th...

HEALTH

Health spending rises by record quarter

By Michael Burton | 01 June 2021

Spending on taxpayer-funded health services rose by a record 25% to £220bn last year as the NHS b...

FINANCE

ONS reveals a glimmer of hope for public finances

By Michael Burton | 25 May 2021

There was a glimmer of light for the public finances with latest figures showing Government borro...

PLANNING

400,000 homes could be built on greenfield, says CPRE

By Michael Burton | 25 May 2021

More than 400,000 new houses could be built in greenfield sites in the south of England over the ...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up is 'meaningless' without devo, say Lords

By Michael Burton | 20 May 2021

The Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda is meaningless without more devolution to councils and inv...

MJ AWARDS

Entries to The MJ Awards smash records

By Michael Burton | 18 May 2021

The number of entries to this year’s The MJ Awards has smashed all records by being the highest s...

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