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"Well, it's not been a great week," British Prime Minister David Cameron said at his party's spring forum on Saturday, after the leaked Panama Papers revealed that his late father ran an offshore fund. "I could have handled this better. I know there are lessons to learn, and I will learn them."

Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters calling for Cameron's resignation rallied near his residence, 10 Downing Street.

Larry Miller in London tells NPR's Newscast unit how this escalated:


Cameron's admission that he had owned 5,000 shares worth some £30,000 ($42,375) in the fund came in a 

He has now pledged to release the last six years of his tax returns, Larry adds.

"Don't blame No. 10 Downing Street or nameless advisors, blame me, and I will learn the lessons," Cameron told his party members at the forum Saturday. "I was obviously very angry about what people were saying about my dad ... but I musn't let that cloud the picture."

Labor Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for Cameron to "give a full account of all his private financial dealings and make a statement to Parliament next week."


"After years of calling for tax transparency and attacking complex offshore tax arrangements as 'morally wrong,' the Prime Minister has shown to have personally benefited from exactly such a secretive offshore investment," 

 "Once again the message has gone out that there is one rule for the wealthy and another for the rest of us."
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The leaked Panama Papers revealed that the U.K. prime minister's father ran an offshore fund. Five days later, Cameron admitted that he owned shares in the fund before he became prime minister.

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