MPs Dan Jarvis and Alun Cairns to run London marathon

A record number of nine MPs are due to run in the London Marathon this weekend.

Labour's Dan Jarvis and Conservative Alun Cairns told Alex Forsyth on the Daily Politics why they were taking part in the 26-mile run, and she tested them on the running times of other Parliamentarians.

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