Former British prime minister Liz Truss has sent a legal letter telling Sir Keir Starmer to stop claiming she “crashed the economy”. The cease and desist letter, sent on Wednesday by UK law firm Asserson and seen by the Financial Times, claims statements about her actions are “false and defamatory”.

Liz Truss has sent Keir Starmer a cease and desist letter demanding he stops saying she crashed the economy. The former prime minister – who was in office for the historically short period of just 49 days – has rallied her legal team to warn the Labour leader that such remarks are likely to “cause serious harm to her reputation”.

Lawyers for the former PM, who was forced to resign in disgrace after a disastrous 49 days in office, sent a 'cease and desist' letter to Mr Starmer about "false and defamatory public statements you m

Liz Truss has issued Sir Keir Starmer with a cease and desist letter, warning him to stop saying she “crashed the economy”. The former prime minister’s lawyers have said the remarks - made since the lead up to the general election - are likely to “cause serious harm to her reputation”, claiming they are “false and defamatory”.

Liz Truss 's lawyers have sent a cease and desist letter to Sir Keir Starmer demanding that he stops saying she "crashed the economy". The letter states that the claims by the Prime Minister are defamatory and "false and misleading".

The letter states that the request “is made in the context of the basic levels of civility which is due between senior politicians”.

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A letter sent to the current PM suggests his words may have contributed to the ex-PM sensationally losing her seat at the election.