Truss tax plans could put millions at risk of ‘real destitution’, says Sunak

Candidates to be next prime minister clash over how to tackle energy crisis at hustings in Cheltenham

Liz Truss's tax cut-based approach to the energy crisis risks putting millions of Britons in real destitution", Rishi Sunak has warned, as the Conservative leadership candidates again clashed bitterly over economic policy.

The hustings event on Thursday in Cheltenham, a key Tory-held marginal seat, also saw the foreign secretary effectively rule out any increased windfall tax on energy firm profits, as she hit out at the depressing" sight of fields used for solar power.