Alwaght- British Prime Minister David Cameron’s approval rating has hit its lowest in nearly three years as opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn gains popularity.
An estimated 58 percent of respondents said Cameron was performing "badly" in his job, compared with 52 percent who expressed the same opinion of Corbyn, according to a YouGov poll.
A mere 34 percent said the prime minister was "doing well," marking the first time his approval rating dropped that low since July 2013.
The survey was conducted among 1,612 adults on April 6-7, before Cameron admitted to profiting from his late father’s offshore company linked to the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
On April 3, Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily published materials it alleged came from Mossack Fonseca. The 11.5 million leaked files were claimed to expose the alleged involvement of former and current world leaders, among others, in establishing offshore companies through the law firm.
David Cameron has been accused of “hypocrisy” by Tory MPs after it emerged he ordered all parliamentary candidates to reveal their tax affairs just months after selling off his stake in an offshore trust for £30,000.
The document was circulated in March 2010 – just two months after Cameron has now revealed he sold off a stake of the Bahamas trust set up by his father.
Plagued by offshore scandals and revelations, the Cameron has been peppered by criticism during a week in which his public approval ratings finally fell below Jeremy Corbyn's for the first time since the Labour leader was elected in September.
Corbyn has said Cameron has "misled the public" after admitting he made money from an offshore fund. Corbyn added that the PM has "lost the trust of the British people" and accused him of using "weasel words" over his family's finances.
Mr Corbyn said: "It is now clear that the Prime Minister has misled the public about his personal involvement in offshore tax avoidance schemes.
"It took five weasel-worded statements in five days for the Prime Minister to admit that he has personally profited from an undeclared Caribbean tax haven investment deal.
"After years of calling for tax transparency and attacking complex offshore tax arrangements as 'morally wrong', the Prime Minister has been shown to have personally benefited from exactly such a secretive offshore investment.
"His determination to conceal that arrangement over many years raises serious questions over public trust in his office and his willingness to be straight with the public.
