Panama Papers: David Cameron's tax returns show hypocrisy is rife

Newspapers express outrage over PM's £200,000 gift from his mother – despite telling readers to do same thing

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 15:Prime Minister David Cameron addresses members of the No campaign on September 15, 2014 in Aberdeen,Scotland. The latest polls in Scotland's independence ref
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David Cameron sought to draw a line under the Panama Papers controversy over his tax affairs by publishing his returns for the past five years – but instead, he triggered a fresh wave of outrage.

The returns, compiled by his accountants, showed that the Prime Minister paid £75,898 tax on a total income of £200,307 for the last financial year, The Guardian reports. This included £3,052 in interest on an estimated £300,000 in savings. The figures also revealed annual earnings between Cameron and his wife, Samantha, of around £100,000 in rent from a property in Notting Hill.

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