A leading supporter of Liz Truss has refused nine times to say if the Tory leadership favourite will give "handouts" to people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.
Former Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis took to the airwaves to defend the Foreign Secretary after she was accused of U-turning on cash payments.
Truss announced over the weekend there would be no handouts, claiming: "The way I would do things is in a Conservative way of lowering the tax burden, not giving out handouts."
