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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

WHITEHALL

Dawes renews commercialisation warnings

By Michael Burton | 11 June 2019

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) top civil servant has renewed...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Recognition for council pair in Queen's Birthday Honours

By Michael Burton | 10 June 2019

The leader and former chief executive of a district council have both received awards in the Quee...

COMMERCIALISM

Accessing key drivers for partnership working

By Cliff Graham | 05 June 2019

Access to skills, technology and investment were among the key reasons for local authorities to w...

INEQUALITY

Inequality is back on the next PM's agenda

By Michael Burton | 05 June 2019

Michael Burton says reducing inequality has been absent from the Tory leadership campaign but has...

FINANCE

Regional imbalances match the Euro-election results

By Michael Burton | 28 May 2019

Michael Burton says on regional unfairness IPPR North makes a good point - 'the stark ONS figur...

FINANCE

Redistribution call after imbalance findings

By Michael Burton | 28 May 2019

A think-tank has called for a redistribution of public investment from London to England’s poorer...

WHITEHALL

Public finances remain robust

By Michael Burton | 22 May 2019

The public finances continue to remain robust despite uncertainty over Brexit, according to the l...

FINANCE

Ministers need to be mindful of the poll tax debacle

By Michael Burton | 22 May 2019

That an 'apparently esoteric' local government finance issue could bring down a powerful Prime Mi...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

The cost of the care challenge

By Michael Burton | 15 May 2019

The recent collapse into administration of care provider Four Seasons has highlighted the huge fi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Local government should factor in inequalities review

By Michael Burton | 15 May 2019

The UK's policy vacuum has been left to think-tanks, noticeably the Institute for Fiscal Studies ...

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