Alongside Rhondda Cynon Taf at the bottom of the response time league table for the most serious calls category were Merthyr Tydfil (43.5%), Flintshire (44.9%) and Torfaen (45.1%).

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By the way, even though Lloyds is not a global bank, it has suffered a modest downgrade too - and it would be in the same category as Barclays, the equivalent of the Championship, though a tiny bit higher up the table.

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What's clear from that table is that you see in 2009 there is a bump up in spending in that category because of the Recovery Act, which again was necessary to -- a key part of moving from minus 5 percent to more than plus 5 percent on economic activity.

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