article_snippet: But Tory MPs rounded on Mark Lewis, calling it a 'spurious' attempt to embarrass the Chancellor with 'the wprst sort of smear'.
article_snippet: Tory MPs condemned Mr Lewis's latest claims as a spurious attempt to smear the Chancellor.
article_snippet: Patrick Mercer said: ‘This is the . worst sort of smear, where an account that has previously been put to .
article_snippet: ’ Mark Field, another Tory MP, said: ‘It . appears to be a rather spurious attempt to embarrass a senior minister .