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Well, the route in the Conservative Party over the cost of living crisis continues with

Martin Lewis, the money-saving expert, being the main face on the airways, talking about

measures to deal with it.

And the leadership contenders, Rishi Sunak and Liz Tross, waiting either until later in

the month or the start of September to announce their plans.

Katie, how sustainable is that?

I think we're already seeing a slight softening of the language when it comes to that I will

use the phrase handouts.

I think that might mean I'm a badly behaved member of the media, but effectively the idea

of this relief, and I think from the trust camp, it does feel that obviously going back

to that interview, the weekend, which really set the cat among the pigeons of tax cuts

over handouts, almost suggesting no handouts.

Then you have the comments yesterday, I think with now in a situation where there's

trusses said that she will do all I can to ensure people are able to pay their energy

bills this winter, and those close to have said that she is looking at direct payments

to poorer families.

I don't think you should call it a handout, but we can call it what we like.

So I think there is a slight softening that sets the trying to calm some of the nerves

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