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Cameron pledges criminal penalties for 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.

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Interview: Professor Emeritus Eric Evans on Margaret Thatcher’s legacy

Now the Iron Lady has finally been laid to rest such debates will fade away, making her legacy more and more the focus of historians. Evans, whose book Thatcher and Thatcherism has re-examined the impact of her collected policies through the 1970s to the current coalition, thinks that, like the French Revolution, it’s too soon to really tell quite what effect Thatcherism will have on Britain.