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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

FINANCE

Should we be Keynesian about spending to offset Brexit?

By Michael Burton | 19 July 2017

If austerity as a name is history, if only for political reasons, then its successor, scarcity, i...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Delegates upbeat despite central-local deep freeze

By Michael Burton | 12 July 2017

Michael Burton casts a personal view on the major highlights of last week’s LGA conference

Bridging the gap between health and care

By Michael Burton | 12 July 2017

Underlying tensions between health and care remain. Some cross-fertilisation of skills and unders...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA focus: How it all began – tracing the LGA's journey

By Michael Burton | 05 July 2017

A quarter of a century ago leaders of the three main authority associations decided that into one...

SCRUTINY

Authorities must renew focus on scrutiny and risk assessment

By Michael Burton | 04 July 2017

The challenge for local authorities is to ensure they can continue to be enterprising, outward-fa...

FINANCE

Business rate as an income base requires more thought

By Michael Burton | 28 June 2017

local government needs to be realistic about the feasibility of relying on business rate for its ...

FINANCE

Borrowing lowest since recession

By Michael Burton | 21 June 2017

Borrowing continues to reduce and is at its lowest since just before the recession, but total deb...

DEVOLUTION

We need a public inquiry into our national politicians

By Michael Burton | 21 June 2017

Occasionally a crisis will happen that exposes our trust in the competence of politicians to be e...

FINANCE

How will Brexit affect local economies?

By Michael Burton | 21 June 2017

As the Government begins the tortuous negotiations for Brexit, local authorities are concerned ab...

WHITEHALL

Council employment lowest in 18 years

By Michael Burton | 14 June 2017

Local government employment is at its lowest in 18 years while the number of Whitehall civil serv...

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