Ex-cabinet minister accuses PM of not listening to public concern over tax cuts for the well-off.
Liz Truss would lose a Commons vote on cutting the top rate of income tax, former cabinet minister Grant Shapps has told the BBC.But it has faced a growing backlash from Conservative MPs after market turmoil and a big slide in the polls.The former transport secretary warned Ms Truss not to have a "tin ear" to voters' concerns about rising living costs and to do a U-turn as soon as possible.
"I don't think the House is in a in a place where it's likely to support that," he told the BBC on the first day of the Conservative conference in Birmingham.Like others who supported Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest, Mr Shapps was fired from the cabinet by Ms Truss when she became prime minister.
"And you know what? We went on to win the next election. So I mean this to be entirely helpful. There is a way through this." He urged Conservatives to back the prime minister, adding: "I'm sure that if we do that it will lead ultimately to long-term electoral success." The second, he argued, was to cut the top rate of income tax and scrap the cap on bankers' bonuses "at a time when people are suffering".
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