Stephen Timms, financial secretary to the Treasury, was met by campaigners demanding tax justice for developing countries on the steps of the Treasury building in Westminster yesterday. The Outlandish Revenue Service, an activist group pushing for international action to curb tax dodging by multinational corporations, claim that tax evasion is currently depriving developing countries of more revenue than they receive as international aid. The group is not the first to press for tax rights. Earlier this year Christian Aid urged its supporters to send pre-written postcards to the heads of the Big Four firms lobbying for a new accountancy rule to stop tax dodging by businesses trading internationally. The ORS, a group formed by ActionAid, is now pushing to ensure that G-20 finance ministers who are meeting in London this week will agree on tax proposals to benefit developing countries. Timms said that supporting the interests of developing countries by 'making sure they receive the taxes due to them' was 'important'. A recent survey by YouGov revealed that most adults in the UK are unaware of the scale of illegal tax evasion by multinational companies operating in poor countries. 'Most of those questioned were surprised to learn that poor countries lose more money to tax evasion than they receive in aid. Once they knew this, nearly two-thirds agreed that the UK should help developing countries to clamp down on tax-dodging,' it said.