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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

FINANCE

Ministers urged to invest in West Midlands

By Michael Burton | 23 June 2020

Ministers have been urged to inject £3.2bn over the next three years into the West Midlands econo...

SOCIAL CARE

Time to relax borrowing rules

By Michael Burton | 23 June 2020

An Institute for Fiscal Studies report on coronavirus regional variations paints a stark picture ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Life after lockdown: managing local variations

By Michael Burton | 23 June 2020

Wide local variations in the impact of the coronavirus pose a major headache to the government. M...

FINANCE

Former Chancellor calls for infrastructure devo deal

By Michael Burton | 22 June 2020

Former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling has called for all infrastructure projects below £500m ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

ONS figures show the devastating effect of COVID on public finances

By Michael Burton | 19 June 2020

The UK’s total public debt is now larger than the entire economy for the first time in nearly 60 ...

WHITEHALL

Shadow chancellor pushes for emergency Budget

By Michael Burton | 16 June 2020

Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds has called for an emergency Budget in the summer with greater s...

INEQUALITY

Johnson launches racial equality commission

By Michael Burton | 15 June 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set up a cross-government commission to look at ‘all aspects’ of...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Public administration is the only sector left undamaged by coronavirus

By Michael Burton | 12 June 2020

The UK economy shrank by a record breaking 25% between February and April with steep falls in the...

LEISURE

Leisure centre closures threaten the drive to boost the nation's health

By Michael Burton | 10 June 2020

Health secretary Matt Hancock does not want to be in the awkward position of calling on better pr...

WHITEHALL

Councils call for leisure bail out

By Michael Burton | 09 June 2020

District councils have called on the Government to bail out cash-strapped leisure centres as they...

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