The Oxfam sex scandal has led to more than 1,200 people cancelling their monthly donations to the charity.

In just three days a total of 1,270 direct debit payments were withdrawn as the crisis over how senior staff used prostitutes while working in Haiti deepened.

Those cancellations represented a possible loss of £12,039 a month or £144,468 a year, based on the average monthly donation being £9.48.

From Saturday to Monday, 1,270 people contacted the charity to end their monthly payments, the equivalent to two months of cancellations in just three days.

Meanwhile many of Oxfam’s corporate sponsors said they were reviewing their relationship with the humanitarian aid organisation.