Andy Burnham: Labour spending was not profligate - video

Andy Burnham, the frontrunner in the Labour leadership contest, defends his record on spending when he served as treasury chief secretary in 2007. Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Burnham says he led a tough spending review that David Cameron and George Osborne described at the time as tough. He adds that the criticism of Labour over the deficit is a 'triumph of spin over the facts' Continue reading...