The day politics as normal returned
Updated on 10 June 2009
The battle lines for the next election are drawn. After weeks of wrangling over the expenses scandal, the party leaders were back on familiar ground as they clashed over public spending.
Gordon Brown accused the Conservatives of planning to slash spending by 10 per cent after the next election, badly affecting basic services.
That followed comments by Tory frontbencher, Andrew Lansley, suggesting that level of cuts would be necessary.
But in the Commons David Cameron hit back, saying Labour would have to make deep cuts of their own.
Faisal Islam on the economics
So which party is telling the truth about future spending plans?
Will any future government be forced to make difficult choices to pay for the cost of the recession?
A recession which, according to one leading think tank today, could very well be over, with new figures showing the British economy has actually grown for two months running.
Just before we came on air Jon Snow spoke to the health secretary, Andy Burnham.
