Ms Truss's leadership rival said the frontrunner had to choose between cutting taxes and offering help to struggling families over the winter, or risk wrecking the economy. To push ahead on both fronts would mean "increasing borrowing to historic and dangerous levels, putting the public finances in serious jeopardy and plunging the economy into an inflation spiral", the former chancellor's camp said.
The striking intervention comes after Ms Truss softened her stance on providing help for families over the winter, saying she would provide support "across the board". The foreign secretary had previously insisted she was focused on tax cuts rather than what she termed "giving out handouts”.
Polls suggest Ms Truss is on course to beat Mr Sunak by a significant margin, with the latest YouGov survey this week giving her a 32-point lead. But Mr Sunak has continued to hammer away at Ms Truss's plans and make policy announcements.
In a statement released last night, his campaign said: "Following weeks of rejecting direct support payments as 'handouts', Truss supporters have slowly woken up to the reality of what winter brings. They now say that they will provide people with help but what help, for who, when, and how it will be paid for remains a mystery.
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