Tories descended into all out war today as a senior Cabinet Minister accused rebels of orchestrating a “coup” against Liz Truss’ tax plans.
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman blasted colleagues who successfully forced the PM to u-turn on her decision to abolish the 45p top rate.
Meanwhile Conservative MPs clashed on how much benefits should go up by next year.
Speaking at the party’s Birmingham conference, Ms Braverman said she was “disappointed” the PM had abandoned her bid to scrap the top rate of income tax.
Voicing support for the original policy, she said: “I am disappointed that members of our party staged a coup and undermined the PM in an unprofessional way.”
She was quickly supported by Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clarke, who said: “Suella speaks a lot of good sense, as usual.”
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