Brown: 'McQueen shouldn't have lied'

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that Apprentice winner Lee McQueen should have told the truth on his CV.

McQueen controversially lied on his resume, claiming that he had attended Thames Valley University for two years when he had only been there for four months.

In his weekly press conference, Brown said: "I think people should tell the truth. I think in this case someone exaggerated what they had done.

"Sir Alan Sugar is perfectly capable of making his decisions and we should support him in the decision that he made. Generally my advice to people is to tell the truth when they are applying for jobs.

"As was found in this case, it always comes out anyway and it became known that an exaggeration had been made."