All world records in track and field should be reset and lifetime bans should be imposed on serious drug cheats to clean up the sport amid its global doping crisis, the governing body of British athletics said on Monday.

UK Athletics published A Manifesto for Clean Athletes, containing 14 proposals aimed at restoring credibility to a sport battered by allegations of widespread doping, cover-ups and corruption.

"The integrity of athletics was challenged as never before in 2015," UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner said. "Clean athletes and sports fans the world over have been let down. Trust in the sport is at its lowest point for decades."