Ministers should urgently rethink plans for a deal with Switzerland which would see UK tax evaders let off lightly while harming poor countries.

Christian Aid has backed a call for countries to exchange data about who owns companies, bank accounts and financial assets within their borders.

A new Tax and Financial Transparency Bill has been tabled in the House of Commons to tackle the UK's billion-pound tax evasion scandal.

Corruption has increased over the last three years, say six out of 10 people around the world, and one in four people report paying bribes in the last year.