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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Rise of independents suggests localism is on the move

By Michael Burton | 08 May 2019

Brexit, which has split the two main parties down the middle nationally, has clearly also extende...

BUSINESS RATES

Investors upbeat over UK's cities and regions

By Michael Burton | 09 April 2019

Michael Burton tests the mood of international investors’ attitudes to the UK’s cities and region...

PENSIONS

We need to give the full picture about high earners

By Michael Burton | 09 April 2019

Some facts were missing from this week's TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) 'Town Hall Rich List', says Mi...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Council housebuilding figures highest in 17 years

By Michael Burton | 28 March 2019

Local authorities built 3,540 homes in the UK in 2017/18, the highest in 17 years. according to l...

FINANCE

The UK needs a great debate like President Macron's

By Michael Burton | 26 March 2019

President Macron's 'great debate' after riots by the 'gilet jaunes' finishes at the end of next m...

DEVOLUTION

Scotland and Wales 'ignored by Westminster'

By Michael Burton | 25 March 2019

Scottish and Welsh ministers say they are still ignored by Westminster despite 20 years of devolu...

FINANCE

Whitehall and the NHS keep driving up public sector jobs

By Michael Burton | 20 March 2019

Michael Burton says the latest employment figures from the Office for National Statistics show a ...

WHITEHALL

Government must redesign immigration policy to fill care vacancies - think-tanks

By Michael Burton | 19 March 2019

The Government should ‘go back to the drawing board’ to redesign a visa system that encourages ov...

HEALTH

Remove immigration policy from the Home Office

By Michael Burton | 13 March 2019

Immigration policy is a mess, says Michael Burton - and has led to pay minimums which ignore big ...

DIGITAL

AI is all very well but we still have a digital divide

By Michael Burton | 06 March 2019

Ambitious talk of using AI to keep the elderly safe in their own homes is all very well, says Mic...

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