Bracknell

Bracknell Forest Borough Council is improving its services while achieving good customer satisfaction and value for money, according to the Audit Commission.

The Government body, which monitors all councils across the country, found that Bracknell education and children's services as well as recycling rates are improving well.

The Council also provides good community leadership and works well with its partner organisations across the borough, the report found.

Local people have now noticed improvements in areas such as health and road safety.

However, the Commission report said Bracknell Council has a more mixed track record in the areas of social care for adults, housing services for vulnerable people and the operational leadership of these two services.

It adds: "The Council has now dealt with the leadership issue and has the corporate ability to support future improvement."

Timothy Wheadon, Chief Executive of Bracknell Council, said: "The Audit Commission has recognised the steps we have already taken to deal with the issues that have been raised, and we now have a new director of social services and housing in place to take these services forward and make the improvements that are needed."

Cllr Paul Bettison, leader of Bracknell Council, added: "We are pleased that overall we were found to be improving our services but the most important thing is that residents are actually noticing the improvements and benefiting from them. We are now focusing on those services which need additional support to make sure we are improving well across the board."

The Council was rated as three stars out of four and "improving adequately" by the Audit Commission.

Bracknell Forest Borough Council