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Michael Burton

Michael Burton

Michael Burton is editorial director of The MJ

Articles by Michael Burton

Fiscal clouds threaten to bring a further decade of austerity

By Michael Burton | 07 February 2017

Austerity will continue well into the next decade irrespective of any negative impact of Brexit, ...

Council partnership launches property commission

By Michael Burton | 01 February 2017

A group of local authorities has together launched a commission to inquire into their new form of...

What happens when government loses its corporate memory?

By Michael Burton | 01 February 2017

Michael Burton looks at the DCLG's current crop of policies and asks whether the new department i...

Vital decisions are shunted into the next Parliament

By Michael Burton | 24 January 2017

Public finances have found themselves some breathing space in the fallout of the EU referendum, b...

Directors' 'grave concerns' on underfunding

By Michael Burton | 18 January 2017

Some 45 former directors of social services have called on the Government to put more resources i...

Time for a new age-related tax to fund social care

By Michael Burton | 18 January 2017

The finance settlement did not ward off calls to adequately fund social care. Michael Burton says...

Awards deadline draws near

By Michael Burton | 18 January 2017

The deadline for entering The MJ Local Government Achievement Awards is looming.

Last year's local authority of the year

By Michael Burton | 18 January 2017

Leeds City Council took the top award in The MJ Local Government Achievement Awards. Mike Burton ...

Addressing the decline of local media

By Michael Burton | 12 January 2017

The demise of local media is a loss for democracy. Michael Burton urges ministers and local autho...

What London chiefs think about the Autumn Statement…

By Michael Burton | 10 January 2017

A group of London council chief executives were invited by The MJ and PwC to give their views on ...