The claim came as the government launched its latest drive to increase adoptions by publishing league tables ranking every local authority against 15 indicators for children in care, including how quickly they place children for adoption.
The children’s minister Tim Loughton said: "Local authorities should be in no doubt that we expect to see improvements in the coming months. We simply will not tolerate continued failure when that failure means a child's future put at risk."
In extreme cases, responsibility for looked after children could be taken away from councils judged to be failing children and transferred to a neighbouring local authority or private provider.
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