UK politics: Andy Burnham pressed on borrowing costs and spending at first PMQs – as it happened

PMQs comes as Resolution Foundation says it is not ‘realistic’ to think defence spending can increase without tax rises Good morning.

Andy Burnham will face PMQs for the first time as PM today but he already has a fairly good idea of the questions he might get from Kemi Badenoch because she rehearsed them all yesterday.

Here is an excerpt from the press release the Conservatives put out yesterday summarising those questions – and their take on how Burnham responded.

Kemi Badenoch asked if Burnham would: -Set out a plan to get defence spending to 3% of GDP; Continue reading...