David Cameron has been defending himself in the Commons following the publication of his tax return. He said he found some of the comments about his father ‘deeply hurtful’. He also held his hands up for not responding to criticism sooner following last week’s Panama papers controversy:
One of the more personal jibes thrown at him in the chamber came from Dennis Skinner, who branded the PM ‘dodgy Dave’ in a remark which got him booted out of the Commons:
Jeremy Corbyn was more measured in his response to David Cameron, but he still used the debate to say there was ‘one rule for the super-rich and another for the rest’:
Whilst George Osborne – who along with the Labour leader also released his tax return today – took the opportunity to lash out at the opposition. He said: ‘I think the Labour party are using this debate to go after family homes and family businesses’:
And Jacob Rees-Mogg said he thinks he will have to follow suit and publish his tax return – because ‘Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion’:
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