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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

Bainger to lead on public sector appointments

By Michael Burton | 23 October 2013

Andrea Bainger has joined Green Park Interim and Executive Search to lead on public sector appoin...

Affordable housing head moves to regulator

By Michael Burton | 23 October 2013

Matthew Bailes has been appointed as the permanent executive director of regulation at the Homes ...

Butcher hired as public health director

By Michael Burton | 23 October 2013

Paul Butcher has been appointed director of public health at Calderdale MBC following a stint as ...

Director's chair: Praise for sector from dragon-slayer

By Michael Burton | 23 October 2013

Margaret Hodge, the fearsome chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), is a journalist’s d...

Live with your children, says Hunt

By Michael Burton | 18 October 2013

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has resurrected the Big Society concept as a means of stabilising th...

Hodge's concerns over local government monitoring

By Michael Burton | 17 October 2013

Public accounts committee (PAC) chairman Margaret Hodge has admitted to being ‘worried’ about MPs...

Briefing: SOLACE 2013

By Michael Burton | 16 October 2013

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham last week told council chief executives that a national care...

Civil engineer McCabe given interim post

By Michael Burton | 15 October 2013

Norfolk CC has appointed Tom McCabe to be interim director of environment, transport and developm...

Assistant steps up to district role

By Michael Burton | 15 October 2013

The longstanding chief executive of Selby DC Martin Connor has stepped down after 20 years with t...

Director's chair: Care is a national problem

By Michael Burton | 15 October 2013

While housing shortages have recently topped the list of apparently insoluble issues, care fundin...