In his Mansion House speech, George Osborne pledges to urgently investigate the case for breaking the Royal Bank of Scotland into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ banks.

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Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls claims George Osborne has been forced to back down from 'the foolhardy idea of a pre-election firesale of RBS'.

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Conservative Mark Garnier says the option of criminal sanctions on reckless bankers would act 'like the nuclear deterrent'.

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Baroness Kramer argues bankers should be subject to genuine sanctions for reckless behaviour, but dismisses the idea politicians should face the same.

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Following a meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah, the Prime Minister confirms that of £175m aid to Syria announced at the G8, £50m will go to Jordan to help with the influx of refugees.

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Michael Gove responds to Stephen Twigg's response to his initial email, listing a series of achievements made by his department since 2010.

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Philip Hammond warns the Supreme Court’s ruling soldiers are covered by the Human Rights Act will challenge Britain’s ability to engage in combat.

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Business Secretary Vince Cable tells BBC News that a balance must be struck to regulate bankers without stifling business.

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Former Treasury committee chair Lord McFall backs calls for reckless bankers to face criminal convictions, saying greater disincentives not to take risks will help make the financial system more stable.

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Conservative MP Brian Binley labels the G8 as 'outdated, irrelevant and ridiculous', claiming that the recent discussions at Lough Erne amounted to nothing more than 'a luxury spa weekend at the taxpayers’ expense'.

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Stephen Twigg replies to Michael Gove's earlier letter, describing the Education Secretary as a 'pigeon carrier for Lynton Crosby's gimmicks'.

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In an interview with the New Statesman, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond says 'the real game has not even started' on the Scottish independence referendum.

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Mark Garnier, who sits on the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, denies making it possible for individuals in failed banks to face jail will discourage people from working in the City, saying criminal sanctions would only apply to those with 'a very, very key strategic role'.

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Read the full text of Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's statement to the Commons on Morecambe Bay and CQC revelations.

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Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans says he continues to 'refute' all allegations made against him.

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Shadow Transport Secretary Maria Eagle says today's figures on rail passenger satisfaction must call into question the bonuses awarded to rail bosses on the basis of increasing satisfaction.

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Read Michael Gove's scathing letter to his Labour counterpart Stephen Twigg here.

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Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom says 'leadership is everything' in banking, and urges senior managers to take responsibility for failures.

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Labour's Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna says there was a broad consensus on light-touch regulation before the financial crash.

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Lord Lawson, who sits on the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, says the Government will find it difficult to ignore the recommendations of today's report.

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Shadow Health minister Jamie Reed calls on Jeremy Hunt to instigate a 'comprehensive investigation' into allegations that the CQC hid unflattering hopsital data.

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Health minister Norman Lamb says a public inquiry into the CQC's cover-up of failings at Morecambe NHS Trust is 'an option'.

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David Cameron pledges ‘active monetary policy’ in a statement to MPs regarding commitments made at the G8 summit.

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The Supreme Court orders the Treasury to lift sanctions on Tehran-based Bank Mellat and rules courts should go into closed session 'only where it has been convincingly demonstrated to be genuinely necessary in the interests of justice'.

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Read a digest of today's No 10 lobby briefing on the CQC, banking and food labelling.

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Downing Street announces BT chief executive Ian Livingston will become Minister of State for Trade and Investment at the end of the year, when Lord Green steps down from the position.

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TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady warns the US-EU trade deal mooted at the G8 could lead to 'privatisation on an unprecedented scale'.

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Labour's Jon Trickett says the increased use of foodbanks is proof that David Cameron's Big Society has become the 'shrivelled society'.

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Defence Secretary Philip Hammond says he is 'very concerned' by the Supreme Court ruling today that allowed families of soldiers killed in Iraq to pursue their claims for compensation against the Ministry of Defence.

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Read the latest from PMQs on our liveblog here.

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Read the full text of a speech by Tony Blair, in which he warns Western nations against not intervening in Syria, arguing 'the cost of staying out may be paid in a higher price later', here.

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Andy Burnham said report into the CQC's failings covers both actions of last government and this government.

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CWU members back the union's opposition to privatisation of the Royal Mail.

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Conservative party Chairman Grant Shapps tells the BBC's Daily Politics that the party aim to use James Wharton's Private Members' Bill to put pressure on the other parties over Europe.

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Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay are announced as the cities on the final shortlist for UK City of Culture 2017.

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Liberal Democrat party President Tim Farron tells BBC News that elements of the revelations relating to the CQCs handling of hospital data could be 'potentially criminal'.

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Read the text of Tory MP James Wharton's EU referendum bill here.

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Responding to the final report of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, Plaid Cymru Treasury spokesperson, Jonathan Edwards says the UK needs an 'Icelandic-style purge' of the financial elite.

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Liberal Democrat Baroness Kramer says the Government probably can't apply bonus sanctions to bankers retrospectively, but that levels of pay in the finance sector are 'insane and ridiculous'.

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Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans has been arrested on suspicion of three further indecent assaults, ITV News reports.

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The Supreme Court rules that human rights legislation should apply to British soldiers in combat zones, in a move that could pave the way for relatives of servicemen killed in the Iraq conflict to sue the MoD for damages.

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Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper claims that Theresa May is preparing to do a u-turn to support the EU arrest warrant.

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Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott says the Government is now 'deadly serious' about strengthening sanctions against misbehaving bankers.

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The Conservatives release a statement from chairman Grant Shapps inviting the public to co-sponsor James Wharton's Private Member's Bill on an EU referendum.

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Labour MP John Woodcock, whose constituency includes the hospital at the centre of the CQC 'cover-up' scandal, releases a statement calling on ministers to reveal how much they knew about the scandal.

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Jeremy Hunt will make a Parliamentary statement on the Care Quality Commission and Morecambe at 1.30pm.

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Treasury Minister Greg Clark says the Government will respond to the Banking Commission report within the next four weeks.

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Health minister Anna Soubry tells BBC News she's 'delighted' with Government progress on food labelling.

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CQC Chair David Prior says the former leadership team at the body was 'totally dysfunctional'.

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Former Financial Services Secretary Lord Myners tells the Today programme 'very little will change for several years' as a result of the Tyrie report.

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Chair of the Banking Commission Andrew Tyrie tells Today jail might not be needed for bankers, since merely the threat of it might be enough to stop them acting recklessly.

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Health Select Committee chairman Stephen Dorrell accuses the CQC of 'unacceptable behaviour' ahead of the report due out later.

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Shadow health minister Jamie Reed said a 'deletion' of an internal CQC report in March 2012 would be 'indefensible'.

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PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka says: 'At the same time as causing the longest economic slump in living memory, this government is turning the screw ever tighter on people who are out of work.'

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Shadow Housing Minister Jack Dromey says David Cameron has 'no answer' to the shortage of affordable homes in Britain.

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Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls calls on the Government to implement the Banking Commission's report in the Financial Services Bill going through Parliament.

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Shadow Public Health Minister Diane Abbott says: 'It is time for a debate about whether face-down restraint has a place in the 21st century NHS.'

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Labour peer John Reid tells BBC's Newsnight that there have to be concessions made by the West enable negotiations with the Taliban.

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