Javid denies Truss tax cuts plan will lead to increased borrowing

Sajid Javid attacked Rishi Sunak’s ‘business-as-usual’ approach and said continually raising taxes was not an option. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Swingeing tax cuts pledged by Liz Truss will not lead to dramatically increased government borrowing or fuel inflation, her latest high-profile supporter, Sajid Javid, has claimed, in response to accusations the Conservative leadership frontrunner’s “dangerous” plans would exacerbate the cost of living crisis.

Taking aim at Rishi Sunak, Javid, his former Treasury protege, hit out at the ex-chancellor’s “business-as-usual” approach and added: “We can’t rely on increasing taxes again and again.”