Andy Burnham says PM running risk of appearing to want to cover up details of ‘danger years’ of Tory government in 80sDavid Cameron is fuelling suspicions that he wants to prevent proper scrutiny of the “danger years” of Margaret Thatcher’s government after the number of Downing Street papers from the mid-1980s released under an official scheme fell by 90%, Andy Burnham has said.
The shadow domestic secretary said the prime minister appeared to be placing barriers in the way of studying a “divisive period” in British politics which included the aftermath of the miners’ strike and the preparations for the poll tax.
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Source: theguardian.com