Three Stars for Hackney
Leading figures from local and national government came together last week to celebrate Hackney’s success in the latest Audit Commission assessment of local councils.
The Hackney improvement story illustrates what can be achieved in local government with strong financial and political leadership. It puts us up there with some of the most improved councils in the country.
This short video clip viewable in Quicktime or Window media player will give you a flavour of the event and just how far we have come.
Improving strongly
The Audit Commission said:
“Hackney Council is improving strongly. Hackney has a record of improvement in its priority areas and in contributing effectively to wider community outcomes.
Performance indicators for the last year show one of the highest rates of service improvement in London and a top quartile improvement nationally. The Council still has some indicators within the lower quartiles, for example, satisfaction with sports and leisure facilities.
The Council has improved its housing services, recycling rates and the time to process benefit claims. Hackney has also scored well in recent assessments of children’s services and adult social care and has improved its overall resident satisfaction ratings. The way the council uses its resources has improved in the last year.
Hackney has strong and effective management and provides good community leadership which is continuing to improve civic pride. Hackney has the capacity to deliver its robust plans for further improvement. It has a good understanding of where it needs to improve further and the appropriate actions required. There are no weaknesses or failures in corporate governance that would prevent improvement being sustained.”
Page updated: 15 Oct 2008