'Hard-nosed' John McDonnell rejects Tory 'lies' over spending pledges

Shadow chancellor seeks to emphasise party’s economic competence and accuses BBC of repeating Tory claims without question• General election 2017 - live updatesThe shadow chancellor has portrayed himself as a “hard-nosed bureaucrat” with fully costed spending plans and criticised what he claimed were Conservative lies about Labour’s tax plans. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, John McDonnell tried to convey an image of economic competence afte