What progress has Newham London Borough Council made in the last year?
Newham is performing well and Council services are improving in line with its priorities, particularly education and children’s social services. Over 70 per cent of performance indicators have improved since 2002/03. Newham has a clear understanding of its diverse communities and has improved the services it offers to its local population such as housing benefit and access to interpretation. Partnership working is effective and focuses on community strategy priorities and improvements continue to be achieved such as increased road safety and reduced levels of abandoned cars and teenage pregnancies. Newham is aware that improvement is needed in a small number of service areas such as waste recycling levels and waste management. Good value for money is being delivered in the majority of services which generally perform well with low costs. The Council has robust plans in place for further improvement and a good track record of delivery. Council capacity has increased, through, for exampl
