One of Liz Truss's former Treasury ministers today warned that Reform are copying her widely discredited economic plans and cannot be trusted.
Chris Philp took aim at his former boss as he tried to discredit the low-tax, high-spending policies of Nigel Farage's party, which is leading in the polls.
Shadow home secretary Mr Philp was chief secretary to the Treasury when Ms Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng introduced her 2022 mini-Budget that sparked chaos in the markets.
When his role in it was raised by broadcasters he admitted that 'mistakes were made', though he stopped short of apologising for it taking place.
He claimed that he had been quietly 'arguing for spending restraint' but 'those warnings were sadly, not listened to'.
