The candidates also face questions over whether Boris Johnson is honest, with Tom Tugendhat flatly replying: 'No.'
It was the first of three TV debates the competitors will face in the race to become the next Tory leader and the next prime minister of the UK.
The final two leadership hopefuls will emerge by the end of next week and then face a summer of hustings - with Conservative Party members getting the chance to decide who should become the next prime minister.The exchanges became the most tense during tonight's debate when the five Tory MPs were asked about their tax plans, which has been a running issue throughout the contest so far.
But Ms Truss, who has pledged to stop the planned rise in corporation tax and pause green levies to reduce the tax burden, said she would spread the COVID debt over a longer period to cover the cost and blamed the Bank of England for the current record rates of inflation. Ms Mordaunt has made some tax pledges, such as cutting fuel duty, and claimed green levies were"clobbering families and businesses [so] need to be looked at".
But Mr Tugendhat said the ex-chancellor only brought it in"because the boss wanted it", and stuck by his decision as the only member of the panel to vote against it. But Ms Badenoch, who like Ms Truss wants to pause green levies, said"you don't necessarily" have to cut public services to fund tax cuts"if you have the growth".
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