Liz Truss's team used to pretend members of her family had died so she could avoid appearing on TV, a former top aide has claimed.
Kirsty Buchanan, who worked for Ms Truss when she was Justice Secretary, claimed advisors would "spend quite a lot of time killing off minor members of her family".
Ms Buchanan said her old boss didn't like the media, and so her office would get creative to find ways of swerving appearances.
