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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

Call to give ejected politicians more support

By Michael Burton | 04 February 2015

Political parties and the Local Government Association (LGA) are being urged to give greater coun...

Councils could build more homes with more powers, report claims

By Michael Burton | 04 February 2015

More new local authority housing is being built than at any other time in the last 30 years and 2...

Why would any party want to win the next election?

By Michael Burton | 03 February 2015

Imagine if local authorities and their suppliers turned round to ministers after the financial se...

Core Cities enjoy HS2 'speed dating' in Downing Street

By Michael Burton | 27 January 2015

Three local authorities were invited to Downing Street today for a ‘beauty parade’ to present the...

Greece is the word

By Michael Burton | 26 January 2015

It is impossible not to view the Greek elections without considering their longer-term impact on ...

North-South divide 'is history' says Clark

By Michael Burton | 20 January 2015

Cities minister Greg Clark this week rushed to defend the Government’s regional economic record b...

Is the North/South divide history or current affairs?

By Michael Burton | 20 January 2015

Trying to equalise wealth between the UK’s regions has challenged governments for the past 70 yea...

Birmingham rejects Times claims on interims

By Laura Sharman | 14 January 2015

Birmingham City Council has rejected claims in today’s Times newspaper that it has been rehiring ...

Je suis un intermédiaire

By Michael Burton | 14 January 2015

I hadn’t realised it was such a quiet news day what with 1m copies of Charlie Hebdo hitting the s...

Heading into the cloud

By Michael Burton | 09 January 2015

Cloud and mobile technology is key to driving efficiencies right across the public sector as Mich...