The Audit Commission this week publishes the latest (2006) list of CPA results for upper-tier councils which are reproduced below. Camden LBC Improving strongly HHHH City of London Improving strongly HHHH Kensington & Chelsea RLBC Improving strongly HHHH Kent CC Improving strongly HHHH Shropshire CC Improving strongly HHHH South Tyneside MBC Improving strongly HHHH Stockton-on-Tees Council Improving strongly HHHH Tameside MBC Improving strongly HHHH Wandsworth LBC Improving strongly HHHH Westminster City Council Improving strongly HHHH Bexley LBC Improving well HHHH Blackburn with Darwen Council Improving well HHHH Bolton MBC Improving well HHHH Darlington Council Improving well HHHH Derby City Council Improving well HHHH Derbyshire CC Improving well HHHH Dorset CC Improving well HHHH Durham CC Improving well HHHH Essex CC Improving well HHHH Gateshead MBC Improving well HHHH Halton Council Improving well HHHH Hampshire CC Improving well HHHH Hartlepool Council Improving well HHHH Hertfordshire CC Improving well HHHH Knowsley MBC Improving well HHHH Lancashire CC Improving well HHHH Leicestershire CC Improving well HHHH Middlesbrough Council Improving well HHHH Norfolk CC Improving well HHHH North Yorkshire CC Improving well HHHH Nottinghamshire CC Improving well HHHH Oxfordshire CC Improving well HHHH Redcar & Cleveland Council Improving well HHHH Sheffield City Council Improving well HHHH St Helens MBC Improving well HHHH Stockport MBC Improving well HHHH Suffolk CC Improving well HHHH Sunderland City Council Improving well HHHH Sutton LBC Improving well HHHH Telford & Wrekin Council Improving well HHHH Warrington Council Improving well HHHH West Sussex CC Improving well HHHH Wigan MBC Improving well HHHH Worcestershire CC Improving well HHHH Cheshire CC Improving adequately HHHH Wiltshire CC Improving adequately HHHH Bromley LBC Subject to review HHHH Blackpool Council Improving strongly HHH Tower Hamlets LBC Improving strongly HHH Barking & Dagenham LBC Improving well HHH Barnet LBC Improving well HHH Barnsley MBC Improving well HHH Bath & N E Somerset Council Improving well HHH Bradford City Council Improving well HHH Brent LBC Improving well HHH Brighton & Hove City Council Improving well HHH Bury MBC Improving well HHH Coventry City Council Improving well HHH Croydon LBC Improving well HHH Devon CC Improving well HHH Dudley MBC Improving well HHH Ealing LBC Improving well HHH Enfield LBC Improving well HHH Gloucestershire CC Improving well HHH Greenwich LBC Improving well HHH Hammersmith & Fulham LBC Improving well HHH Haringey LBC Improving well HHH Havering LBC Improving well HHH Hounslow LBC Improving well HHH Islington LBC Improving well HHH Kirklees MBC Improving well HHH Lewisham LBC Improving well HHH Luton Council Improving well HHH Milton Keynes Council Improving well HHH Newham LBC Improving well HHH Peterborough City Council Improving well HHH Poole Council Improving well HHH Redbridge LBC Improving well HHH Richmond-upon-Thames RLBC Improving well HHH Rochdale MBC Improving well HHH Rotherham MBC Improving well HHH Slough Council Improving well HHH Solihull MBC Improving well HHH Somerset CC Improving well HHH South Gloucestershire Council Improving well HHH Southampton City Council Improving well HHH Southwark LBC Improving well HHH Waltham Forest LBC Improving well HHH West Berkshire Council Improving well HHH Trafford MBC Improving well HHH Windsor & Maidenhead RBC Improving well HHH Wokingham Council Improving well HHH Bournemouth Council Improving adequately HHH Bracknell Forest Council Improving adequately HHH Calderdale MBC Improving adequately HHH Cambridgeshire CC Improving adequately HHH Doncaster MBC Improving adequately HHH East Sussex CC Improving adequately HHH Herefordshire Council Improving adequately HHH Manchester City Council Improving adequately HHH Medway Council Improving adequately HHH Reading Council Improving adequately HHH Salford City Council Improving adequately HHH Wolverhampton MBC Improving adequately HHH York City Council Improving adequately HHH Cornwall CC Subject to review HHH East Riding of Yorkshire Council Subject to review HHH Kingston-upon-Thames RLBC Subject to review HHH Leeds City Council Subject to review HHH Leicester City Council Subject to review HHH Newcastle upon Tyne City Council Subject to review HHH North Lincolnshire Council Subject to review HHH Northumberland CC Subject to review HHH Portsmouth City Council Subject to review HHH Sefton MBC Subject to review HHH Surrey CC Subject to review HHH Walsall MBC Subject to review HHH Warwickshire CC Subject to review HHH Bedfordshire CC Improving well HH Cumbria CC Improving well HH Hackney LBC Improving well HH Hillingdon LBC Improving well HH Isle of Wight Council Improving well HH Merton LBC Improving well HH North East Lincolnshire Council Improving well HH North Somerset Council Improving well HH Oldham MBC Improving well HH Plymouth City Council Improving well HH Swindon Council Improving well HH Wirral MBC Improving well HH Birmingham City Council Improving adequately HH Harrow LBC Improving adequately HH Kingston-upon-Hull Council Improving adequately HH Liverpool City Council Improving adequately HH North Tyneside MBC Improving adequately HH Nottingham City Council Improving adequately HH Southend-on-Sea Council Improving adequately HH Staffordshire CC Improving adequately HH Thurrock Council Improving adequately HH Torbay Council Improving adequately HH Wakefield City Council Improving adequately HH Lincolnshire CC Subject to review HH Northamptonshire CC Subject to review HH Lambeth LBC Improving well H Rutland Council Improving adequately H Sandwell MBC Improving adequately H Bristol City Council Subject to review H Stoke-on-Trent City Council Not improving adequately H Isles of Scilly Improving adequately Not rated Buckinghamshire CC Subject to review Subject to review