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The worldwide "Panama Papers" scandal claimed a fresh political victim Friday as Spain's industry minister resigned over allegations he had links to offshore companies.

Jose Manuel Soria said he had tendered his resignation "in light of the succession of mistakes committed along the past few days Daniel Sturridge Liverpool Shirt , relating to my explanations over my business activities... and considering the obvious harm that this situation is doing to the Spanish government."

　　Spanish Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism Jose Manuel Soria attending the inauguration of the FITUR International Tourism Trade Fair in Madrid, on Jan 28, 2015. (Photo: AFPPedro Armestre)

Soria's troubles began on Monday when Spanish online daily El Confidencial, which has had access to the Panama Papers - millions of files leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca - said he was an administrator of an offshore firm in 1992.

Soria called a news conference to deny any link to the company Jordan Henderson Liverpool Shirt , but as the week went by, more allegations emerged from other media outlets, revealing further alleged connections to offshore havens.

It is unclear as yet whether any of his alleged actions were illegal.

Later, in a television interview, Soria said that the events in question had occurred more than 20 years ago and "I don't remember exactly what happened." "I have done absolutely nothing illegal Joe Gomez Liverpool Shirt ," he insisted.

Economy Minister Luis de Guindos was later named as his successor in the industry post.

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Soria is the latest political victim of the Panama Papers leak, which revealed how the world's wealthy stashed assets in offshore companies, and which the law firm blamed on a computer hack.

Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson was also forced to resign over the leaks. In his statement, Soria said politics "is an activity that must always be exemplary, also where ... explanations are concerned."

"When that doesn't happen Mohamed Salah Liverpool Shirt , one must assume one's responsibilities," he added, in an indication that he was resigning due to how he had handled the revelations rather than over any irregularities. He said he was resigning immediately from all political activity.

The initial revelations showed that Soria's name appeared alongside his brother's as administrator of a company based in the Bahamas created through Panama-based Mossack Fonseca.

He denied any links to that firm, saying he had told Spanish prosecutors to clear his name with the Panamanian authorities.

But other media revealed that Soria had links to another company based in the offshore haven of Jersey until 2002, when he was mayor of Las Palmas in Spain's Canary Islands.

In his statement Roberto Firmino Liverpool Shirt , Soria blamed his contradictory explanations over the week on "the lack of accurate information about facts that happened more than 20 years ago."

Soria's resignation deals another blow to Mariano Rajoy's Popular Party (PP) government, which has been ruling Spain in a caretaker capacity as political groupings try - and have so far failed - to reach an agreement on a coalition government after inconclusive December elections.

The conservative PP, in power since 2011, has been shaken by corruption scandal after corruption scandal.

And while there is as yet no indication of any irregularities where Soria is concerned, the revelations are likely to embarrass the party Naby Keita Liverpool Shirt , particularly as the country gears up for fresh elections due to the failure to reach any coalition agreement.

His is the second scandal-triggered resignation to hit the PP since it came to power in December 2011. In November 2014, then health minister Ana Mato was forced to step down over corruption investigations.

Soria said he would abandon all political activities from Friday.

Women working for the BBC have complained they were paid less than men in equivalent jobs and have accused managers of misleading them about their pay to hide widespread gender discrimination at the public broadcaster.

The complaints by BBC Women, a group of 170 staff, were sent to parliament's media committee, which is investigating BBC pay after the corporation was forced to disclose last July that two- thirds of on-air high earners were men and that some were paid far more than female peers.

The revelations caused a spate of bad headlines for the BBC and angered many female staff James Milner Liverpool Shirt , who demanded equal pay for equal work. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has lodged a collective grievance to the BBC on behalf of 121 women.

"While individual BBC managers have been supportive, there is still a bunker mentality in some quarters and women have experienced veiled threats made against them when they raised the subject of equal pay," BBC Women said in written evidence to parliament's media committee.

The lawmakers are due to hear oral evidence on Wednesday from Carrie Gracie, the BBC's former China editor, who quit this month in protest over being paid less than her male peers .

Senior BBC managers Dejan Lovren Liverpool Shirt , including Director-General Tony Hall, are due to appear before the committee just after Gracie .

Funded by a licence fee levied on TV viewers and reaching 95 percent of British adults every week, the BBC is a pillar of the nation's life, but as such it is closely scrutinised and held to exacting standards by the public and by rival media.

The BBC said in response to the evidence submitted by BBC Women and the NUJ that it was committed to equal pay and did not accept the assertion that it had not been complying with equality laws.

In the wake of Gracie's resignation and the public debate it sparked, six of the BBC's best-known male presenters and journalists agreed to take pay cuts. That was widely welcomed Georginio Wijnaldum Liverpool Shirt , but campaigners for equal pay said it did not solve the underlying issues.

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