1. A Local Government perspective Kevin Kendall Chair of EMPA Lincolnshire County Council

2. Hot topics in 2015 EMPA History Local Government Challenges Intelligent Client Construction 2025 Local Government Construction

3. Hot topics in 2015 Local Government Challenges Devolution One Public Estate EMPA History

4. Local Government finance The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) at the end of 2015 set. budgets for the next 4 years with a reduction of 56%.

5. Devolution The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom designed to introduce directly-elected mayors to combined local authorities in England and Wales and to devolve housing, transport, planning and policing powers to them Draft proposals in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Greater Lincolnshire, Leicestershire

6. One Public Estate (OPE)

7. What is OPE? ‘The strategic and coordinated management of the public sector property estate in a locality’ Cabinet Office programme to kick start OPE across the UK

8. Transforming the Government Workplace Leeds Greater Manchester Cheshire and Warrington LEP Liverpool Sheffield City Region D2N2 Greater Lincolnshire West Midlands Place Partnership Bedford and Central Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire MAC Partnership Norfolk Cornwall West Suffolk and Suffolk LB Bexley and Lewisham LB Barnet and

9. Transforming the Government Workplace Leeds Greater Manchester Cheshire and Warrington LEP Liverpool Sheffield City Region D2N2 Greater Lincolnshire West Midlands Place Partnership Bedford and Central Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire MAC Partnership Norfolk Cornwall West Suffolk and Suffolk LB Bexley and Lewisham LB Barnet and Nottingham

10. Objectives and benefits 10 Projected outcomes over 5 years from phase 3 areas £56 million £138 million 36,000 16,500

11. Transforming the Government Workplace Courts reform 9 new prisons HMRC - from 170 locations to 13 regional centres DWP PFI contract ends 2018 - co-locations with local authorities MoD Footprint Strategy – Early disposals NHS Strategic Estates Plans, led by CCGs Government Hubs New Opportunities

12. New Tools 12 Duty to Report on Surplus Land Duty to Report on Efficiency & Sustainability Right to Contest strengthened Duty to Engage Capital Receipt Flexibility Priority Purchaser status

13. OPE Programme offer Funding Professional support from Cabinet Office Access to central government Ministerial Star Chamber to help overcome barriers Sharing OPE good practice and case studies Technical support on benchmarking and data.

14. OPE Programme requirements Asset recording and mapping Shared vision for public sector assets Establishing an appropriate partnership and governance Establishing a vision and programme of work.

15. Co-locating DWP and councils Autumn Statement said DWP would co-locate with more councils. In 2015 DWP youth employment services moved into a refurbished ground floor of Nottingham City Council’s HQ, Loxley House. This, and wider moves in the area, is set to reduce DWP running costs by £500,000 a year and creates income for the Council. Nottingham City Council

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18. Opportunities New projects from OPE activity Coordinated procurement EMPA support in development of programmes EMPA alignment with Devolution Training & Skills