Leeds City Council and its partners are working well to tackle poor health and help older people live in their homes but they need to make significant improvements to children’s services– that’s the verdict of a Government watchdog report published on Wednesday 9 December.
The report, published by the Audit Commission, is one of 152 assessments of local authorities in England looking at all aspects of public services to create a single snapshot of an area.
It includes an area assessment of the performance of all public services in Leeds and an organisational assessment of the effectiveness and performance of Leeds City Council.
The report says that Leeds is a good place to live for many people, that more people are taking advantage of the city’s cultural and leisure facilities and the city has responded well to the recession.
Businesses have worked well through Leeds Ahead to help people in deprived communities to improve their skills and aspirations, most types of crime have fallen, and care for older people is good.
However burglary rates are high, housing and health are still big challenges and although many children do well at school, there is still more to do. Public services also need to work better to make sure that some vulnerable children and young people are kept safe from harm.
You can download the CAA report 2009 on this page
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