Government Property Strategy published

A new Government Property Strategy has been announced to make savings by selling off property and making buildings more efficient.

The plans include selling £1.5 billion of property assets over the next three years, with projects such as the Government Hubs programme seeing staff consolidated into fewer buildings.

There will also be £500 million of savings made by reducing operating costs, using modern building materials and energy sources, and cutting spend on leases.

The Strategy will accelerate the Places for Growth programme, moving 22,0000 civil service roles out of London by 2030. 7,000 jobs have already been relocated outside of London.

The new strategy also commits to investing £300 million in grant funding with the aim of unlocking smaller brownfield sites for housing across England, through the One Public Estate (OPE) programme.

The government estate also aims to support delivery of the 25 Year Environment Plan and the Greening Government Commitments. Emissions from the government estate have fallen 57 per cent since 2009.

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