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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

If politics is local, then so is climate change

By Michael Burton | 15 October 2019

Progress in reducing emissions from heating and transport continues to lag well behind the UK's r...

Pension invests in green fund

By Michael Burton | 11 October 2019

A council pension scheme has become one of the first to invest in a new ‘green’ fund which suppor...

B&B costs councils £93m a year, says LGA

By Michael Burton | 11 October 2019

Councils are spending over £93m a year on bed and breakfast accommodation, a figure which is nine...

Council chiefs in dark over 5G future, survey finds

By Michael Burton | 10 October 2019

Almost half of council chief officers are still unsure whether superfast 5G broadband will arrive...

PM Johnson makes devolution pledge

By Michael Burton | 09 October 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised more devolved powers to councils outside the big cities...

Prepare for the 5G revolution

By Michael Burton | 09 October 2019

Local authorities are aware 5G is imminent and could have a dramatic effect on their frontline se...

What might have been without the recession and Brexit

By Michael Burton | 09 October 2019

Michael Burton says the worry as the next Spending Review gets under way is that a bad or no-deal...

Brexit casts its shadow over budgets

By Michael Burton | 08 October 2019

This week’s Green Budget by the Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that the increases in the Spen...

Austerity could be back, warns IFS

By Michael Burton | 08 October 2019

Austerity could make a comeback if the Government is unable to fund its spending increases throug...

HEALTH MJ: Addressing welfare state inequalities

By Michael Burton | 07 October 2019

Solutions to the social care funding problem are there, says Michael Burton - they just need lead...