Barry Gardiner has refused to give a date for when the deficit would be eliminated under a Labour Government.

The shadow international trade secretary insisted it would be foolish to try to predict the economy in 15 years' time and suggested the uncertainty over Brexit made such forecasts difficult.

It comes after after John McDonnell also refused to answer questions about figures on Labour's borrowing plans because MPs have "iPads and advisers" for that.

On Thursday, the shadow chancellor accused the BBC of "trite journalism" after they asked him for specific figures on his party's spending plans.

Appearing on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show this morning, when asked when the deficit would be eliminated under Labour's plans, Mr Gardiner said: "No, I'm not going to say that at all.