PMQs live: Corbyn grills Cameron on tax affairs of those he 'knows quite well' in big business
The Labour and SNP leaders both go on the offensive over Panama Papers

- David Cameron defends British-controlled tax havens as Panama Papers dominates exchanges
- Jeremy Corbyn asks why Tory MEPs voted against EU crackdown on tax dodging
- SNP leader Robertson compares numbers of benefit fraud investigators to HMRC staff
- Government cuts to women's refuges condemned by both Tory and Labour MPs
- Meanwhile, junior doctors launch a permanent protest against Jeremy Hunt
- Iain Duncan Smith's replacement commits to carry on his work
- Numbers of EU migrants to UK - and reasons they came - revealed
Jeremy Corbyn and David Cameron faced off today in the first session of Prime Minister's Questions following the Panama Papers scandal.
made some ground by calling on David Cameron to do more to crack down on tax evasion and avoidance.
Cameron defended what the government had already done, while failing to commit to more action against tax havens or explain why Conservative MEPs voted against EU measures to tackle big multinationals shifting their tax liabilities.
The SNP's Angus Robertson landed the most powerful blow on the issue, however, hitting Cameron with stats to suggest the Government has 10 times more people dealing with benefit fraud compared to tax evasion.
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