Liz Truss, the chief secretary to the Treasury, made fun of “macho” demands in a speech this summer

Liz Truss has once more irritated colleagues after making jokes at their expense before pitching for the job of chancellor.

Ms Truss, the chief secretary to the Treasury, who in June accused fellow cabinet ministers of making “macho” demands for public spending and interfering in people’s day-to-day lives, told a newspaper that she would love Philip Hammond’s job.

She had earlier made a number of jokes at an awards ceremony at the expense of cabinet colleagues. One targeted the supposed ambition of Matt Hancock, the health secretary, to become chancellor. Ms Truss joked that despite her efforts “Matt Hancock’s car keeps pitching up outside 11 Downing Street”.

On the ambitions of Sajid Javid, the home secretary, who recently took her seat in the Commons during