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Andrew Burns

Andrew Burns is past president of CIPFA

Articles by Andrew Burns

Social care investment is a benefit, not a cost

By Andrew Burns | 05 April 2017

Andrew Burns says local government will have to explain the positive impacts of investing in soci...

Promoting prosperity and inclusive growth

By Andrew Burns | 08 February 2017

If used to give direction to the UK’s economic growth path, the industrial strategy could spark i...

Social care doesn't have to be a drag

By Andrew Burns | 06 December 2016

Ministers need to see the benefits of investing in social care, not the costs of doing so, Andrew...

Counting down to the Autumn Statement

By Andrew Burns | 18 October 2016

Andrew Burns explains how next month's Autumn Statement will lay bare the chancellor's vision for...

Improving outcomes for people and places

By Andrew Burns | 13 July 2016

New Government consultations shows it's business as usual after Brexit, but Andrew Burns says cou...

Expect the unexpected

By Andrew Burns | 17 May 2016

Change is always on the agenda for local government but financial sustainability takes hard work....

Weather the EU storm

By Andrew Burns | 01 April 2016

While council chief finance officers can't express a view on Brexit, Andrew Burns says they must ...

A Budget for pensions?

By Andrew Burns | 10 March 2016

With the Budget less than one week away, Andrew Burns outlines what local government needs the ch...

There's digital gold in those hills

By Andrew Burns | 10 February 2016

Andrew Burns considers how analysis of digital data represents a goldmine for local government as...

Care funding to remedy NHS ills

By Andrew Burns | 10 November 2015

Andrew Burns examines the need for funding parity between health and care services