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12:11 - It goes on and on. Entirely vacuous. "He cannot deny the figures I read out to him," Miliband says. He never really recovered from Cameron's decision to back criminal penalties for bankers. The rest was just selective quotes taken from various points in the last five years. Unappetising. "Another display of extraordinary weakness," Cameron says. Snap verdict: Cameron: 1 Miliband: 0.

PMQs: Banking reform

Cameron pledges criminal penalties for bankers

Skyscrapers in the City of London, which is fighting the moves to criminalise wrongdoing bankers

David Cameron appeared to back down in the face of calls for criminal penalties for bankers today, when he pledged to bring forward recommendations made by a parliamentary commission.

PMQs verdict: Far, far too easy for Cameron

Too easy: Cameron didn't even break into a sweat this week in PMQs

After the challenge of making small talk with Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel, David Cameron found the Commons to be a complete doddle.

PMQs as-it-happened

PMQs as it happens

Follow every twist and turn of this week's PMQs with our live blog.

The politics of... Girl Guides

The new Girl Guide Promise is wonderfully British

No religion, no patriotism, but the Girl Guides Promise remains commendable British

Even without God and country, the new Girl Guide promise is a masterclass in the good bits of the British personality.

No God, no country: Girl Guides rewrite their Promise

Young girls at the Girl Guides will make a new promise, starting in September

The Girl Guide Promise has been rewritten to remove mentions of God or country, in a move which is likely to outrage traditionalists.

G8 aftermath

Comment: Humble fashion advice for struggling politicians

Chris Terelak: The tieless have inherited the earth

David Cameron made the G8 a 'tie-less' summit but publicity hungry politicians should stick with a full suit.

G8: Cameron gets his Syria plan – but what did he sacrifice?

Odd man out? Putin strikes a glum look as Cameron and Obama share a smile

David Cameron claimed to have secured a substantial achievement on Syria today, after he emerged from the G8 summit with a seven-point plan agreed by all the leaders present.

Simple but ineffective? G8 tax deal skips the details

The 'Enough Food For Everyone IF' campaign's ship calls attention to the issue at the G8

G8 countries have agreed to seek "increased transparency" from tax-dodging multinational firms, in a stripped-back 'declaration' signed by leaders at Lough Erne.

Meanwhile...

Assange: I'll stay in embassy even if sex charges are dropped

Assange has been in the Ecuadorian embassy in Kensington for a year

Julian Assange has vowed to stay in the Ecuadorian embassy even if Swedish authorities stop pursuing him over two allegations of sexual assault.

VoicetheUnion video: Why is our union different?

BFAWU video: Why join our trade union?

NUT: 61% of parents oppose scrapping coursework

Commenting on today’s reports in the media about proposed reforms to GCSEs, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said:

CAFH (Blue Badger) : Badger cull myths exposed in new report

Blue Badger is a member of Team Badger. On the eve of a potentially devastating badger cull, Team Badger has published a report exposing the myths which underpin these misguided plans.

Don’t forget about our local roads – CIHT calls for investment in UK infrastructure

CIHT has submitted a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer highlighting the important role played by transport infrastructure. CIHT specifically called for the Comprehensive Spending Review to ‘ensure that the maintenance of the local road network is sufficiently funded’.

Comment from NEA on The Green Deal

Comment from NEA, the national fuel poverty charity on The Green Deal: watching brief report, published today by the Energy and Climate Change Committee.

Rethink: Victory for welfare campaigners as judges rule controversial disability benefits procedure is unfair

Three judges have ruled that the procedure currently used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to decide whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) disadvantages people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism.

BHA hits out at 'scaremongering' over humanist marriages

The BHA responds to Tory MP Tony Baldry's comments on humanist wedding: "In spite of some people's desperate scaremongering, the amendment does not open up legal recognition for any new weddings other than humanist ones."

BFAWU: The question is can you afford not to be in a Union

Workers in the UK are having their rights cynically and maliciously stolen from them by a vindictive and cruel government; but there’s an incredible number of people who don't realise what the coalition’s changes to employment law mean to them.

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