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Whilst over half councils in England are delivering above minimum requirements in their use of resources, only three authorities achieved top performance, according to a report from the Audit Commission.
Some councils are finding improvement a challenge with 70% of councils assessed as improving 'strongly' or 'well', although ten councils are failing to deliver services of an acceptable standard.
These are the first results for councils under the new framework, CPA – The Harder Test, Framework for 2005.
On the whole council performance is improving, said the watchdog, with the service they provide to the public getting better for the fourth consecutive year. But ten councils are "…still failing to deliver services of an adequate standard," said James Strachan, chairman of the Audit Commission.
"…council services must deliver good value for money and we are concerned that half of all councils are only achieving at or below what we consider to be the minimum acceptable level," he said.
This year two-thirds of councils have achieved the top two categories of 3 or 4 star performance, which demonstrates consistent performance in all the elements assessed under CPA. However, ten councils are achieving only 1 or 0 stars at all.
"Improving value for taxpayers' money is the real challenge for the year ahead," said James Strachan.
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