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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

Local government was poorly prepared for pandemic, report finds

By Michael Burton | 03 August 2020

A decade of spending cuts, staff shortages and poor contacts with Whitehall meant local governmen...

Government handling of social care during pandemic attacked

By Michael Burton | 29 July 2020

MPs have delivered a blistering attack on the Government’s handling of social care during coronav...

Ministers to extend Help to Buy

By Michael Burton | 28 July 2020

Ministers are drawing up plans to extend the Help to Buy scheme after housebuilders warned buyers...

MPs slate ministers over sector funding

By Michael Burton | 23 July 2020

MPs have slated ministers for failing to give local government sufficient funding and urged them ...

NAO hits out at late accounts

By Michael Burton | 23 July 2020

A rise in late auditing of local government accounts has come under fire from the National Audit ...

Finalists announced in The MJ Awards

By Michael Burton | 23 July 2020

The MJ is delighted to announce the finalists of The MJ Local Government Achievement Awards 2020,...

Business rate revaluation postponed for two years

By Michael Burton | 22 July 2020

Ministers have postponed a revaluation of business rates until April 2023 and issued consultation...

New regs will not just hit tower blocks, say building chiefs

By Michael Burton | 21 July 2020

The biggest changes in building safety regulations in 25 years will not only affect local authori...

Two-thirds of patients discharged to care homes without tests

By Michael Burton | 16 July 2020

As many as two-thirds of elderly patients discharged from hospital into care homes at the height ...

Dilnot brands care system a 'stain on the nation'

By Michael Burton | 15 July 2020

The social care system is a ‘stain on the nation’ says the architect of the review that in 2011 b...