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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

Another initiative joins the Whitehall scrapheap

By Michael Burton | 01 April 2016

Michael Burton considers the downfall of the Public Service Transformation Network and asks what ...

Are we really in it together?

By Michael Burton | 22 March 2016

With the Government divided on its approach to spending cuts, Michael Burton examines the figures...

The UK powerhouse

By Michael Burton | 22 March 2016

While the Budget predicted slower economic growth in the UK, international inward investment in t...

Will Osborne revisit public pensions reform?

By Michael Burton | 15 March 2016

George Osborne’s abandonment of any fundamental changes to pension scheme taxation 10 days ago be...

EU negotiator gets top Treasury job

By Michael Burton | 11 March 2016

Tom Scholar, who has been working on the EU referendum negotiations for the Prime Minister, has b...

Time to end the two solitudes of health and local government

By Michael Burton | 10 March 2016

Michael Burton says health professionals and policymakers are still not considering local governm...

Burt: Single budgets are only answer to care crisis

By Michael Burton | 02 March 2016

The long-term solution to reducing bed-blocking in hospitals is to merge budgets and for the publ...

Treasury transparency on tax and spend is a start

By Michael Burton | 01 March 2016

George Osborne's push for transparency is welcome but still doesn't bring central government up t...

The dog that's yet to bark in the EU debate

By Michael Burton | 25 February 2016

Local government has a key role in the EU, enacting 70% of its legislation, and yet has barely fe...

Can party loyalties survive until the May elections?

By Michael Burton | 23 February 2016

With political loyalties torn apart after just a week of the EU referendum debate, Michael Burton...