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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

Winners and losers under a reformed council tax

By Michael Burton | 18 March 2020

A new study from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says revaluation of the £31bn council tax...

Future Forum postponed

By Michael Burton | 17 March 2020

The MJ has postponed next week’s 24-hour Future Forum event until September 24/25 due to the coro...

Reforming council tax will help government level up

By Michael Burton | 17 March 2020

Reforming council tax will help the Government deliver its levelling up agenda for the Midlands a...

Budget 2020: Councils compensated for rates bonanza

By Michael Burton | 11 March 2020

The Government has pledged to compensate local authorities for the entire loss of business rates ...

Budget 2020: Sunak gambles on capital spending splurge

By Michael Burton | 11 March 2020

Despite volatility caused by coronavirus and a sluggish increase in the economy, the chancellor h...

Care crisis' answers are already out there

By Michael Burton | 11 March 2020

There have been enough reports on the future funding of social care to fill a Whitehall filing c...

Is your 'dark data' helping frontline services?

By Michael Burton | 11 March 2020

Michael Burton reports on the key findings of a PA Consulting/The MJ survey of senior managers ai...

IfG: Extend outsourcing reforms to councils

By Michael Burton | 04 March 2020

Government reforms of outsourcing to avoid another Carillion collapse must be extended to local g...

McManus to speak on coronavirus planning

By Michael Burton | 04 March 2020

The vice president of the Association of Directors of Public Health, Jim McManus, is to address c...

Ministers need to define what they mean by 'levelling up'

By Michael Burton | 04 March 2020

What precisely do ministers mean when they use the phrase 'levelling' up, asks Michael Burton. 'W...