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Daily News from Public Sector Executive
And here’s today’s news from Public Sector Executive – on Wednesday the 24th April 2024.
The Home Office has announced that it is planning on saving 38 million police hours, so that they can focus on keeping the streets safe.
This comes in response to the Policing Productivity Review, which was published by the Home Office last autumn and plans on using new technology to meet recommendations made through the review. £230 million worth of investment will be injected over the course of the next four years to ensure that tech developments can reduce the amount of time that police officers spend in the office.
A Centre for Police Productivity will also be created to provide a base for the next improvements to police improvements.
The Welsh Government has announced that it is working alongside local authorities and communities to ensure that the implementation of its 20mph speed limits is done in the right way.
As he set out his transport plans to the Senedd, the Cabinet Secretary said that he would ensure that people’s voices are heard when it comes to making transport decisions, whilst also setting out a three-phase plan on the 20mph limit. This will be done through a ‘national listening programme’ as well as collaboration with local authorities so that work can be done on the ground to make changes to the 20mph plans.
Further guidance will be published by the Welsh Government in July, whilst changes to speed limits on certain roads is expected to begin in September.
Glasgow City Council has announced that its Empty Homes Strategy has supported more than 1700 homes being brought back into productive use.
Since the strategy was introduced in April 2019, 1,710 homes that were left lying empty for more than six months have been brought back into use, with 2,641 homes still left empty in the city. Over the course of the 2023-28 Local Housing Strategy, the City Council has set a target of re-occupying 1800 of those.
Economically, bringing additional homes into use will allow the council to save further money as it costs between £6,000 and £25,000 to renovate a property that has been empty in the long-term, as opposed to the average cost of £200,000 to deliver a completely new property.
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