Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss traded heavy blows in their first head-to-head TV clash as the Tory race descended into open warfare.
The former Chancellor hectored his ex-Cabinet colleague over her "unfunded" plans for £40billion in tax cuts that he claimed would tip "millions into economic misery".
But Ms Truss accused him of "Project Fear" as the pair trashed each other's economic plans in front of a live audience in Stoke-on-Trent.