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Council performance tables - Central | | The Audit Commission has issued the results of its 2004 comprehensive performance assessment of English local authorities. The table below shows how councils in central England fared and compares their performance with last year's assessment. | COUNCIL PERFORMANCE - CENTRAL | | | 2003 | 2004 | | Bedfordshire | poor | weak | | Birmingham | weak | weak | | Cambridgeshire | good | excellent | | Coventry | poor | fair | | Derby | good | excellent | | Derbyshire | excellent | excellent | | Dudley | fair | fair | | Essex | good | good | | Herefordshire | good | good | | Hertfordshire | excellent | excellent | | Leicester | good | good | | Leicestershire | good | excellent | | Lincolnshire | fair | fair | | Luton | good | good | | Norfolk | good | good | | Northamptonshire | weak | fair | | Nottingham | fair | fair | | Nottinghamshire | good | excellent | | Peterborough | fair | fair | | Rutland | fair | fair | | Sandwell | weak | fair | | Shropshire | good | excellent | | Solihull | good | good | | Southend-on-sea | fair | fair | | Staffordshire | fair | fair | | Stoke-on-Trent | fair | good | | Suffolk | good | excellent | | Telford & Wrekin | excellent | excellent | | Thurrock | weak | fair | | Walsall | poor | weak | | Warwickshire | good | excellent | | Wolverhampton | fair | fair | | Worcestershire | good | excellent | | Source: Audit Commission |
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