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The Audit Commission produces an annual rating system for all English county councils and unitary authorities.
Services for vulnerable children in England deteriorated last year and remain the weakest area of councils' work, the Audit Commission has said.
Audit Commission report on council services
English local authorities' performance
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Council
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Children & young people
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Overall rating
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Barking and Dagenham
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3
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4 star
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Barnet
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3
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3 star
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Barnsley
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3
|
3 star
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Bath and North East Somerset
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3
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3 star
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|
Bedfordshire
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3
|
3 star
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|
Bexley
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3
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4 star
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|
Birmingham
|
2
|
2 star
|
|
Blackburn with Darwen
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3
|
4 star
|
|
Blackpool
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3
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3 star
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|
Bolton
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3
|
4 star
|
|
Bournemouth
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3
|
3 star
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
3
|
3 star
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|
Bradford
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2
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2 star
|
|
Brent
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3
|
3 star
|
|
Brighton and Hove
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3
|
4 star
|
|
Bristol
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2
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2 star
|
|
Bromley
|
3
|
4 star
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
3
|
4 star
|
|
Bury
|
3
|
4 star
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|
Calderdale
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2
|
3 star
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Cambridgeshire
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3
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3 star
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Camden
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4
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4 star
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Cheshire
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3
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3 star
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Cornwall
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2
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3 star
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Corporation of London
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4
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4 star
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|
Coventry
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3
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4 star
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Croydon
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2
|
3 star
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Cumbria
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2
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2 star
|
|
Darlington
|
3
|
4 star
|
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Derby
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3
|
4 star
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Derbyshire
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3
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4 star
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Devon
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3
|
4 star
|
|
Doncaster
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1
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1 star
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Dorset
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3
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3 star
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Dudley
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3
|
4 star
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Durham
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3
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4 star
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Ealing
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3
|
4 star
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East Riding of Yorkshire
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3
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4 star
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East Sussex
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3
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4 star
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|
Enfield
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3
|
4 star
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Essex
|
2
|
3 star
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Gateshead
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4
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3 star
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Gloucestershire
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3
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3 star*
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Greenwich
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2
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3 star
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Hackney
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3
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3 star
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Halton
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3
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4 star
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Hammersmith and Fulham
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3
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4 star
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Hampshire
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3
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4 star
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Haringey
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1
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1 star
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Harrow
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3
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2 star
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Hartlepool
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3
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4 star
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Havering
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3
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3 star
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Herefordshire
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2
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2 star
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Hertfordshire
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3
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3 star
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Hillingdon
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3
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2 star
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Hounslow
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3
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4 star
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Isle of Wight
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2
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2 star
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Isles of Scilly
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3
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N/A
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Islington
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3
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4 star
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Kensington and Chelsea
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4
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4 star
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Kent
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3
|
4 star
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|
Kingston-upon-Hull
|
3
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3 star
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Kingston-upon-Thames
|
4
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3 star
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Kirklees
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3
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4 star
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Knowsley
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3
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4 star
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Lambeth
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3
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3 star
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Lancashire
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2
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3 star
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Leeds
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2
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3 star
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Leicester
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2
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2 star
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Leicestershire
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3
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4 star
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Lewisham
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3
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4 star
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Lincolnshire
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3
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2 star*
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Liverpool
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3
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2 star
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Luton
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3
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3 star
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Manchester
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2
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3 star
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Medway
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2
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3 star
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Merton
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3
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4 star
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Middlesbrough
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3
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4 star
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Milton Keynes
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1
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1 star
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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2
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2 star
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Newham
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3
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3 star
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Norfolk
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3
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4 star
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North East Lincolnshire
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3
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2 star
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North Lincolnshire
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3
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3 star
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North Somerset
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3
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3 star
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North Tyneside
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3
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3 star
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North Yorkshire
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3
|
4 star
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Northamptonshire
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2
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2 star
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Northumberland
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3
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4 star
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Nottingham
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2
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2 star
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Nottinghamshire
|
3
|
4 star
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Oldham
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2
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2 star
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Oxfordshire
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2
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3 star
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Peterborough
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2
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3 star
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Plymouth
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3
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2 star
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Poole
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3
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4 star
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Portsmouth
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2
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3 star
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Reading
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2
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3 star
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Redbridge
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3
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3 star
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Redcar and Cleveland
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3
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2 star
|
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Richmond-upon-Thames
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4
|
4 star
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Rochdale
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3
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3 star
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Rotherham
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2
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3 star
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Rutland
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3
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3 star
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Salford
|
2
|
3 star
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Sandwell
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2
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2 star
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Sefton
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3
|
4 star
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Sheffield
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3
|
4 star
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Shropshire
|
3
|
4 star
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Slough
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3
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3 star
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Solihull
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3
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3 star
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Somerset
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3
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4 star
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South Gloucestershire
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3
|
4 star
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South Tyneside
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3
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4 star
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Southampton
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2
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3 star
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Southend-on-Sea
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3
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3 star
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Southwark
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3
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3 star
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St Helens
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3
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4 star
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Staffordshire
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3
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3 star
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Stockport
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3
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4 star
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Stockton-on-Tees
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3
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4 star
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Stoke-on-Trent
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2
|
2 star
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Suffolk
|
3
|
4 star
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Sunderland
|
3
|
4 star
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Surrey
|
1*
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1 star*
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Sutton
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3
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4 star
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Swindon
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2
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2 star
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Tameside
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3
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4 star
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Telford and Wrekin
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2
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3 star
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Thurrock
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2
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2 star
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Torbay
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2
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2 star
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Tower Hamlets
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4
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4 star
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Trafford
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3
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3 star
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Wakefield
|
3
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4 star
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Walsall
|
3
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3 star
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Waltham Forest
|
3
|
4 star
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|
Wandsworth
|
4
|
4 star
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Warrington
|
3
|
4 star
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Warwickshire
|
3
|
3 star
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West Berkshire
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3
|
3 star
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West Sussex
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2
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3 star
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Westminster
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3
|
4 star
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Wigan
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3
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4 star
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Wiltshire
|
2
|
3 star
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Windsor and Maidenhead
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3
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3 star
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Wirral
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3
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3 star
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Wokingham
|
2
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2 star
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Wolverhampton
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2
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2 star
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Worcestershire
|
3
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4 star
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York
|
4
|
2 star
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