Liz Truss has been accused of throwing Kwasi Kwarteng "under a bus" by saying the decision to cut income tax for the richest was made by the Chancellor and not Cabinet.
Nadine Dorries, the former culture secretary who backed Truss to be Prime Minister, criticised her remarks made on the first day of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
The plans to abolish the 45 per cent tax rate on incomes above £150,000 a year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has caused anger during the cost-of-living crisis, even among some Conservative MPs.
