Opposition calls on Cameron to tackle British tax havens

HARLOW, England: The leader of Britain’s main opposition party called on government on Tuesday to tackle tax havens, saying it was time British Prime Minister David Cameron stopped allowing "the super rich elite dodge their taxes".

After leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm how the world’s rich and powerful used secretive offshore company structures to stash their wealth, Cameron has come under pressure to clamp down on tax evasion in British-linked territories.

Cameron has so far been silent on the release of the so-called Panama Papers, declining to comment on the naming of his late father and members of the ruling Conservative Party among the list of clients who used the law firm, Mossack Fonseca.

On Monday, his spokeswoman said it was a "private matter" when asked whether the leader’s family had money invested in offshore funds set up by his father.

The government has promised to investigate the leaked data.  Leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, called on Cameron to do more.