The latest league tables, released by the Audit Commission, show councils are continuing to build on the improvements of recent years - with only a few exceptions.
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Council
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Direction of travel
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Star category
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Previous star rating
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Knowsley MBC
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Improving well
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Subject to review
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4
|
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Barnet LBC+
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Improving well
|
4
|
3
|
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Bexley LBC#
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
|
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Blackburn with Darwen Council
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
|
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Bolton MBC+
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
|
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Bracknell Forest Council
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Improving strongly
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4
|
3
|
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Calderdale MBC +
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Improving adequately
|
4
|
3
|
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Camden LBC
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Improving strongly
|
4
|
4
|
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Cheshire CC#
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Improving well
|
4
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4
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Corporation of London +
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Improving strongly
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4
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4
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Darlington Council
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Improving well
|
4
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4
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Derby City Council
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Improving well
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4
|
4
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Derbyshire CC#
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Improving well
|
4
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4
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Dudley MBC+
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Improving well
|
4
|
3
|
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Durham CC
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
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East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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Improving well
|
4
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3
|
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Gateshead MBC#
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Improving strongly
|
4
|
4
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Gloucestershire CC
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Improving well
|
4
|
3
|
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Halton Council
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
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Hammersmith & Fulham LBC
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Improving well
|
4
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3
|
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Hampshire CC+
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
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Hartlepool Council #
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Subject to review
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4
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4
|
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Kensington & Chelsea LBC +
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Improving strongly
|
4
|
4
|
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Kent CC
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Improving strongly
|
4
|
4
|
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Kirklees MBC +
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Improving well
|
4
|
3
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Lancashire CC
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
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Leeds City Council
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Improving well
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4
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3
|
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Leicestershire CC
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Improving strongly
|
4
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4
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Lewisham LBC+
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Improving well
|
4
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3
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Middlesbrough Council
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Subject to review
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4
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4
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North Lincolnshire Council
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Subject to review
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4
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3
|
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North Yorkshire CC+
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Improving well
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4
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4
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Northumberland CC
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Improving well
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4
|
3
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Poole Council
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Improving well
|
4
|
3
|
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Redcar & Cleveland Council
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
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Rotherham MBC +
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Improving well
|
4
|
3
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Sefton MBC +
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Improving well
|
4
|
3
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Sheffield City Council +
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
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Shropshire CC
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Improving strongly
|
4
|
4
|
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Somerset CC +
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Improving strongly
|
4
|
3
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South Tyneside MBC
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
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Southampton City Council +
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Improving well
|
4
|
3
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St Helens MBC
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Improving well
|
4
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4
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Stockport MBC +
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
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Stockton-on-Tees Council
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Subject to review
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4
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4
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Suffolk CC #
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Improving well
|
4
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4
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Sunderland City Council #
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Improving well
|
4
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4
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Sutton LBC
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Improving strongly
|
4
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4
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Tameside MBC
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Improving strongly
|
4
|
4
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Telford & Wrekin Council
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
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Wandsworth LBC
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Improving strongly
|
4
|
4
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Warrington Council +
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Improving well
|
4
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4
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West Sussex CC+
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Subject to review
|
4
|
4
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Westminster City Council +
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Improving strongly
|
4
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4
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Wigan MBC+
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Improving well
|
4
|
4
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Worcestershire CC
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Improving well
|
4
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4
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Barking & Dagenham LBC +
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Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Barnsley MBC +
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Subject to review
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3
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3
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Bath & N E Somerset Council
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Improving well
|
3
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3
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Bedfordshire CC +
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Improving strongly
|
3
|
2
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Birmingham City Council +
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Improving well
|
3
|
2
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Blackpool Council +
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Improving strongly
|
3
|
3
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Bradford City Council
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Improving adequately
|
3
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3
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Brent LBC +
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Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Brighton & Hove City Council +
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Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Bromley LBC+
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Improving well
|
3
|
4
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Buckinghamshire CC +
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Improving well
|
3
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|
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Cambridgeshire CC#
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Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
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Cornwall CC
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
|
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Coventry City Council +
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Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Croydon LBC
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Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Devon CC+
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Doncaster MBC #
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Subject to review
|
3
|
3
|
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Dorset CC+
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Improving adequately
|
3
|
4
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Ealing LBC+
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
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East Sussex CC +
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Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Enfield LBC +
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Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Essex CC
|
Improving well
|
3
|
4
|
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Greenwich LBC +
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Hackney LBC +
|
Improving strongly
|
3
|
2
|
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Haringey LBC +
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Havering LBC +
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Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Hertfordshire CC#
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Subject to review
|
3
|
4
|
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Hounslow LBC +
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Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Islington LBC +
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Kingston-upon-Thames LBC +
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Lambeth LBC
|
Improving strongly
|
3
|
1
|
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Leicester City Council
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
|
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Luton Council
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
|
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Manchester City Council +
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
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Medway Council +
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
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Merton LBC+
|
Improving well
|
3
|
2
|
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Milton Keynes Council +
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council #
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Newham LBC+
|
Subject to review
|
3
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3
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Norfolk CC
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
4
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North Somerset Council +
|
Improving well
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3
|
2
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North Tyneside MBC+
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Improving strongly
|
3
|
2
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Nottinghamshire CC
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
4
|
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Oxfordshire CC
|
Improving well
|
3
|
4
|
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Peterborough City Council+
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Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
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Portsmouth City Council
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
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Reading Council
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Redbridge LBC +
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Richmond-upon-Thames LBC +
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Salford City Council +
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Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Solihull MBC
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
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South Gloucestershire Council
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Southend-on-Sea Council
|
Improving well
|
3
|
2
|
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Southwark LBC
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council #
|
Improving well
|
3
|
1
|
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Surrey CC
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Tower Hamlets LBC
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Improving strongly
|
3
|
3
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Trafford MBC+
|
Improving strongly
|
3
|
3
|
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Wakefield City Council
|
Improving well
|
3
|
2
|
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Walsall MBC
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Waltham Forest LBC
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
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Warwickshire CC
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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West Berkshire Council +
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Wiltshire CC
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
4
|
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Windsor & Maidenhead RBC#
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
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Wokingham Council
|
Improving adequately
|
3
|
3
|
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Wolverhampton MBC+
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
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York City Council
|
Improving well
|
3
|
3
|
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Bournemouth Council +
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
3
|
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Bristol City Council+
|
Improving well
|
2
|
1
|
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Bury MBC
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
3
|
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Cumbria CC+
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
2
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Harrow LBC +
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
2
|
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Herefordshire Council #
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
3
|
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Hillingdon LBC +
|
Improving well
|
2
|
2
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Isle of Wight Council +
|
Improving well
|
2
|
2
|
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Kingston-upon-Hull Council +
|
Improving well
|
2
|
2
|
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Lincolnshire CC +
|
Improving well
|
2
|
2
|
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North East Lincolnshire Council+
|
Improving well
|
2
|
2
|
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Northamptonshire CC +
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
2
|
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Nottinghamshire CC+
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
2
|
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Oldham MBC
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
2
|
|
Plymouth City Council +
|
Improving well
|
2
|
2
|
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Rochdale MBC +
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
3
|
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Sandwell MBC+
|
Improving strongly
|
2
|
1
|
|
Slough Council +
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
3
|
|
Staffordshire CC+
|
Improving well
|
2
|
2
|
|
Swindon Council+
|
Improving strongly
|
2
|
2
|
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Thurrock Council +
|
Improving adequately
|
2
|
2
|
|
Torbay Council+
|
Improving well
|
2
|
2
|
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Wirral MBC +
|
Subject to review
|
2
|
2
|
|
Liverpool City Council
|
Improving adequately
|
1
|
2
|
|
Rutland Council +
|
Improving well
|
1
|
1
|
|
Isles of Scilly Council #
|
Improving adequately
|
|
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+ Councils that have received a new style corporate assessment and the score has been used to inform the overall CPA star category.
#Councils that have received a new style corporate assessment and the score has been protected. In these cases the previous corporate assessment score has been used to inform the overall category.
N/A Not applicable (because that service is not provided by the council).
Note: The Isles of Scilly are exempt from a star rating in 2007. The Audit Commission has agreed this with the Department for Communities and Local Government based on the applicability of the methodology to the island’s circumstances. We have not published an environment, culture or fire and rescue service assessment score for the Isles of Scilly in 2007.
