Earlier, Andrew Griffith told Sky News that Liz Truss still has the support of her government despite troubling economic turmoil.
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury said: “Liz Truss has got the support of the government – it’s really important at this time that we have stability.”
Now, in an interview with Times Radio, he was pressed on whether Ms Truss will still be in Number 10 Downing Street at Christmas.
He dodged the question, instead reiterating his previous point.
“I think Liz enjoys the confidence of the government,” he said.
“She’s the prime minister and the last thing that I think anybody wants is to see more instability.
“I personally found the leadership election damaging. It was us talking about ourselves rather than the country.
“The quicker we can get back, and that work starts now, to good confidence in the markets, controlling what we can control, which is putting together sensible plans and bringing forward measures as we have with the energy price guarantee.”