The prime minister continues: "We want to give you financial security, so we will cut your taxes and let you keep more of your own money."

Rishi Sunak adds: "Because you know better than the state how to spend it."

He argues the SNP are turning Scotland into the high tax capital of the UK.

He says the Tories are already cutting taxes by £900 for the average worker by reducing the National Insurance tax and he plegeds to cut it again.

Sharing the spotlight with the PMpublished at 11:17 British Summer Time 24 June

11:17 BST 24 June

Kirsten Campbell
BBC Scotland political correspondent

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has been keeping a pretty low profile since announcing he would resign as leader after the election.

Several of the party’s media appearances have been delegated to colleagues as he concentrates on trying to return to Westminster.

Today he’s brought the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak north of the border to share the spotlight and bolster morale.

But both men are under pressure after making decisions they’ve come to regret during this campaign.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak starts his speech by thanking Douglas Ross for his leadership of the Scottish Conservative party.

Sunak says only Ross and the Scottish Conservatives have been prepared to "stand up to the SNP" on gender reform and the "dangerous" hate crime act.

He says if the SNP win a majority of seats during the election, it will be seen as a mandate to continue campaigning for independence.

Sunak says: "Another five years of ignoring your priorities, with MPs achieving little at Westminster. A vote for the Scottish Conservatives is a vote to put this issue to bed."

Now that Ross' remarks have concluded, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes the stage.

His party are also "full square behind backing Scotland’s oil and gas industry", Ross says.

Labour and the SNP "would crash the economy of the North East and put 100,000 Scottish jobs at risk by opposing new investment", he says.

Next, Ross turns to tax.

He says his party will reduce family bills across Scotland - including making tax cuts.

His party in Scotland would abolish he intermediate rate of income tax.

They would also raise the threshold for the Land Buildings Transaction Tax to £250,000.

Douglas Ross says he wants to give schools more autonomy.

The Scottish Tory leader turns to crime and says his party would crack down hard on it.

"We'll put an extra 1,000 police officers onto our streets," he says.

His party will also introduce whole life sentences so life "really does mean life".

Ross says his party would "eradicate the NHS backlog by delivering a modern, efficient, local service".

He says the Scottish Conservatives would recruit 1,000 additional GPs to help and guarantee a GP appointment within one week anywhere in the country.

As well as banning the closure of local healthcare services, amid what he calls the SNP centralisation of our NHS.

The Scottish Conservative leader says this would take pressure away from hospitals and help the 840,000 Scottish people on an NHS waiting list.

Douglas Ross says the Scottish Conservative manifesto "steps up to the big challenges" facing the country "today instead of shying away and kicking the can down the road".

He vows to upgrade roads across Scotland.

Ross adds that the Scottish Conservatives will always back drivers - not tax them like the SNP and the Greens would do, he says.

Douglas Ross accuses the SNP of running a single-issue campaign - on the issue of independence.

He says his party are focused on the priorites of voters.

He cites several areas of Scotland - including the North East, Perthshire, East Renfrewshire, Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire and the Borders - where he says it's a "straight fight" between the Tories and the SNP

Ross cautions Tory supporters that not voting or voting for a party other than his risks letting the SNP win.

Douglas Ross begins his speech by saying his party's manifesto is "laser-focused on [voters'] priorities".

He vows to:

• grow the economy,
• rebuild public services,
• and tackle issues that really matter to communities.

Hard copies of the Scottish Conservative manifesto are being handed out at their launch event.

The tagline on the cover is: "Focused on your priorities".

We will share the link to the online version when it becomes available.

And - slightly ahead of schedule - Douglas Ross has taken to the stage.

Elsewhere on the campaign trail, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves have been at Whitelee windfarm in East Kilbride.

The first minister and SNP leader John Swinney will be at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen to discuss the impact of Brexit.

And the Scottish Liberal Democrats will be campaigning at a care home in Edinburgh.

We are now into the last full week of campaigning ahead of the general election, which will take place on Thursday 4 July.

The UK is divided into 650 areas, called constituencies, and each of these elects one MP to represent local residents at Westminster.

Scotland will elect 57 MPs.

This time, you will have to present a valid form of photo ID at the polling station before casting your vote.

You can follow all the latest election news on the BBC Scotland website.

The Scottish Conservatives are launch their manifesto today.

The UK Conservatives launched their manifesto two weeks ago, pledging to scrap national insurance for the self employed and introducing mandatory national service for 18-year-olds.

You can read more here.

The SNP vowed to trigger independence talks and boost NHS funding.

Scottish Labour promised to cut NHS waiting times and fund 160,000 additional appointments every year in Scotland, while the Scottish Lib Dems promised a £500m rescue package for the care sector.

Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of the Scottish Conservative manifesto launch.

We will be sharing live text updates in this feed, as well as pictures and analysis.

You can watch a stream of the manifesto launch by clicking the play icon at the top of this page.