Liz Truss has insisted it is "unfair" to blame her short-lived government for interest rate rises in her second intervention in as many days.
Ms Truss also argued the Conservative Party did not represent "fertile ground" for her economic vision after her mini-budget spooked the markets and led to a mutiny among her own MPs that saw her forced out after just 49 days.
In an interview with Spectator TV, the former prime minister said: "The reason there was a specific issue around the time we’re talking about in September, a lot of it is to do with the liability driven investments and the impact they had on the market. So I don’t think it’s fair to blame interest rises on what we did. I think that’s unfair."
She insisted that while she did not "regret" entering No 10, she had no appetite for another attempt at becoming party leader and insisted she will be "supporting" Rishi Sunak.
"I definitely want to be part of promoting a pro-growth agenda," Ms Truss added. "I definitely want to carry on as an MP. I’m positive about the future of Britain and I’m positive about the future of the Conservative Party. I think we need to start building more of a strong intellectual base. But I’m not desperate to get back into Number 10, no."
