The Scottish Conservatives have been accused of "hypocrisy" for supporting Liz Truss's tax cuts for the wealthy, despite several MSPs refusing to vote for her as leader.
A group of prominent Tories endorsed Rishi Sunak's leadership campaign - which promised a focus on tackling inflation - before quickly embracing the new Prime Minister after the former Chancellor lost earlier this month.
Sunak previously warned that his opponent's plan to reduce income tax for the wealthiest and reverse a National Insurance rise would spook the international markets and risk a run on the pound.
Sterling this week plunged to a 40-year low against the dollar while the cost of UK Government borrowing rocketed. Liz Smith, Scottish Conservatives' finance spokeswoman, was among at least 10 MSPs to back Sunak over Truss.
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