07/04/2016 The Papers

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

With me are Lucy Cavendish, the journalist and writer,

and Tom Bergin, the business correspondent and author

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The I leads with the story that David Cameron owned ?30,000 worth

of shares in his late father's offshore trust in Panama.

As does the Metro, which says that Mr Cameron sold his stake

months before becoming Prime Minister in 2010.

The Financial Times headlines that the former Chairman of Tata has

defended the decision to sell it's UK steel plants, calling them

The Telegraph says David Cameron has been forced to commit

to publishing his tax returns, after admitting that he had

personally profited from his stake in his father's offshore investment

The Guardian's front page is dedicated to the Panama Papers -

as it has all week - including a story that a piece

of artwork stolen by the Nazis is currently the property

of a gallery with links to the law firm Mossak Fonseca.

The Times carries a picture of terror suspect known as the 'man

in the hat' on the streets of Brussels hours after

The Mail also leads on David Cameron's tax affairs -

suggesting that he accepted that some of the ?300,00 left to him

suggesting that he accepted that some of the ?300,000 left to him

by his father may also have come from funds lodged offshore.

And the Express also leads on the same story.

Most newspapers do, as you can imagine.

So, the devil is in the detail. What is it that people really want to

know about this? Number one, has he done anything illegal and the answer

is, no he I do know why he did not just say

this in the first place. He's talked about capital gains. He has given an

interview to Robert Heston. He is upset and hurt about the way his

father 's name is being besmirched. It was all souls, done and dusted

before he came into office. For me are many people -- for me and many

people what lingers is the us and them. The rich and powerful and the

others are doing something that smacks of something slightly dodgy

and making money from it that isn't transparent and that we don't really

know about. Tom, is it fair to describe, I am just talking about

David Cameron here and not the many other people implicated in this, is

it fair to say smacks of being slightly dodgy? In terms of his

behaviour, he has been open with the tax authorities. He says HM C knows

all about it. That seems to be the case. This was an offshore trust.

The fund itself, the tax avoiding offshore funds, was the fund itself

questionable? That could have been damaging to him. I do really

understands it because I've never had enough money. It seems as if it

was that they invested in that allowed them to invest in dollars.

It was a way of making a little bit of money? That is the way it has

been described. This is an area I have done a lot of investigation on,

tax avoidance. What is interesting about this is this fund involved

bearer shares. That's weight you just hold the share. So you are not

hiding the money? People involved in this were not looking to avoid tax,

but bearer shares are effective and that is why they have been banned.

Certain aspects of these funds are ones that today, legally due could

not design this kind of fund and these are the issues that can appear

damaging. There is no suggestion that he has done anything wrong, but

it's difficult to see the financial benefit he would have received.

However, the fund has features people might be uncomfortable with.

It is pretty much devoted to the front page of the daily Telegraph,

which is unusual because they do try to have a high story count. I did

have money offshore is the headline. Cameron admits having shares in a

tax haven scheme. There's also the issue of the pro-EU leaflet. I spoke

to Tom Watson earlier. Some of the papers don't quite seem to have got

the reaction on their front pages in time. He said David Cameron needs to

make it clear what shares he has held since becoming an MP in 2001.

They wanted everything, every financial detail. Yes, and if we are

going to have transparency, which they do in Norway about everyone's

tax affairs, you can't just have David Cameron. I could not paying

top Watson -- Tom Watson down on that. Very little has come up from

the Labour Party on the front pages, but the other thing we were talking

about is what is legal and what is illegal. There are clear laws for

things like assault another, but in terms of tax, what is legal and what

is illegal is totally unclear. Absolutely. This is the constant

complaint that people have. HMRC are constantly asked why they don't go

after people. Tax is complicated and until someone mitigates it, it's

difficult to know. Big stories have emerged within a big story. Fifa,

President Putin's friends. It is a huge story because of the way people

feel. Yes, because whether it is legal or illegal, most of us feel we

have been sold a bit of a dark. Most of us are law-abiding people who pay

our tax upfront. Other people are going doing other things, evading

tax in countries where they actually make a lot of money and they are not

paying their taxes and being part of what our social system is and it is

incredibly irritating, and it is immoral. Here is the Prime Minister

on the front pages with offshore headlines above his picture. He has

from the time he stepped foot in number ten been fighting to change

that. He certainly has made a number of measures that have been helpful,

in terms of opening up companies house which has been positive. The

register of beneficial ownership that will come in later this year.

In the interview today where he talked about the shares, he himself

talked about the changing culture. He is feeling the pulse of that, but

there is a different standard today regarding expectation from the

electorate and how people should behave. The front page of the

independent that story. In fact, the front pages of many stories. Cameron

comes clean. He profited from Father's offshore bond. Can we turn

to the times and another headache for the Prime Minister? The British

still industry has been described as underinvested and overmanned. It is

a miserable story for the people who are working in the still industry.

To say it is underinvested and undermanned, who is responsible for

that. It also? Is whether or not the steel being produced is the right

quality. Is looking pretty grim. What happened here? Was still in

demand, is it cheaper elsewhere and the bubble has burst? The person who

bought the company, retrospectively it looks as if he overpaid for it.

It is bad news for the government. He is saying that the new furnace

needed in the plant in Port Talbot is ?2 billion to make it

competitive. The most likely buyer of that, Mr Gupta, says he wants the

government to help with building that. That is what the government

might have to pay, on top of pension liabilities. If the governor wants

to save this steel-maker, it could be forced to pump billions in here.

It could be difficult for them. The science correspondence for the

times. But at the city. The headline draws you in, which it is designed

to do. This will cause quite corrupt and because there is such a debate

about why we are generally becoming a nation of obese people which we

are. However, a professor at Oxford says that the idea that that people

are fat because it is their own faults says it is down to genetics.

Also I would die are poorer. We eat fast food and additives. The sugar

thing is a big debate. It is not just about lazy people who can't be

bothered to get up and eat endless ranks of crisps, most people will

know that this is helpful. There was another story about labelling which

I would find quite hopeful. Instead of telling you how many calories are

in your Sandwich, it will tell you how much exercise you would need to

do to earn it. He would need to walk for miles to burn off the min spy.

Four miles! Some people just find it harder. Thank you both for taking us

through the front pages of tomorrow's papers. Whilst we have

been on air, the mirror leaves with PM 's secret 30,000 stashed in a tax

haven. Don't forget all the front pages are online right now on the

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