Suella Braverman has lashed out at Michael Gove and rebel Tories who "staged a coup" over Liz Truss's tax cuts for the rich.
The Home Secretary criticised Mr Gove, widely known as disruptor-in-chief, for "airing dirty linen in public" when he publicly criticsed the measures before the Prime Minister made an embarrassing U-turn on abolishing the 45p tax rate.
Ms Braverman said Mr Gove "got it wrong" and should have been "encouraging support" for the PM's plans, because "that's what critical friends do".