The final round of Comprehensive Performance Assessment has seen 62 councils getting the top four-star rating - almost three times as many as 2002, when the inspection regime was introduced.Local government inspectorate, the Audit Commission, issued the seventh and last CPA league tables, with no zero-rated councils. Just four councils have been rated one-star - Doncaster MBC, Haringey LBC, Milton Keynes Council, and Surrey CC - all down from three-star. The councils all fell due to their performance on children's services.Surrey CC deputy leader, David Harmer, said: 'It is disappointing that this CPA score does not wholly reflect the quality of so many of the services we provide to local people, but we are well aware that our performance in certain key areas must be much better.'The new Haringey LBC leader, Claire Kober, said: 'We accept things went badly wrong with child protection. We are committed to making things right.'
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