Victoria Derbyshire and Gareth Davies

Victoria Derbyshire accused a Tory frontbencher of “gaslighting the voters” after the party vowed to solve all the problems that got worse when they were in power.

The BBC Newsnight presenter came armed with receipts as she grilled shadow chief secretary Gareth Davies.

At the Conservative conference in Manchester, the party has pledged to cut the size of the civil service, cut billions from the benefits bill and end the use of taxpayer-funded hotels by asylum seekers.

Derbyshire told Davies: “The civil service headcount increased by 22% on your watch, working age disability benefits increased by 50%, disability benefits for anxiety and depression doubled on your watch.

“The number of working age adults on workless benefits jumped by a million on........

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