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And here's today's news from Public Sector Executive on Monday, 22nd April, 2024. The The government has announced that significant progress has been made to make the public estate more sustainable and efficient, leading to 1,000,000 of pounds worth of savings. According to the annual state of the estate report, more than a £163,000,000 worth of savings have been achieved thanks to a reduction in energy consumption across the government's buildings. By disposing of unused property as well as relocating civil servants into newer multi departmental hubs, the government's energy bill has been reduced significantly, and direct emissions have been cut by 14% in comparison to 20 seventeen's stroke eighteen's baseline. A new national office for care and support has been launched in Wales with us focusing on innovation, improvement, and transformation.
Speaker 1:The primary focus of the National Office for Care and Support will be to support the chief social care officer for Wales to deliver a national care service and to implement the National Commissioner's Framework for care and support in Wales. This development comes as a key part of the Welsh government's long term goal of strengthening social care arrangements around the country. And Western England Mayoral Combined Authority has announced that Stephen Peacock has been announced as the new chief executive officer. Currently holding the role of chief executive of Bristol City Council, Stephen is an experienced leader across local government. Having been Bristol's chief executive director for growth and regeneration, He has been responsible for projects such as the City Leap decarbonization program, the Temple Quarter Regeneration, and a program for council house building.
Speaker 1:In the period before Steven begins his new role, current CEO Richard Ennis will continue as interim with this enabling a smooth handover. And that's the latest. Don't forget to like and subscribe to make sure you receive every new bulletin, and check out our stories in full on our website, publicsectorexecutive.com.