The former Foreign Secretary, Lord Hague, has called for maturity in the debate on the financial affairs of politicians. He told the Today programme that the personal circumstances of leaders were "not necessarily a good guide" to their ability to do their job.

Lord Hague said Churchill's tax returns were more difficult to defend in public than David Cameron's, but that didn't stop him from being "the greatest leader of modern times."

His comments come after Mr Cameron and other leading politicians published their tax returns following revelations in the Panama papers.

(Photo: Lord Hague. Copyright: Reuters)