Liz Truss 'Stop saying I crashed the economy'
The Guardian|January 10, 2025
Liz Truss has sent a legal letter to Keir Starmer demanding he stops making "false and defamatory" claims that she crashed the economy.
Eleni Courea
Liz Truss 'Stop saying I crashed the economy'

The former prime minister sent a six-page "cease and desist" letter accusing Starmer of harming her reputation and contributing to her losing her South West Norfolk seat in the general election.

The row came as the UK's long-term borrowing costs hit their highest level since the 2008 banking crisis, and the value of the pound reached its lowest point in a year.

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Gaza Shells and bombs in rubble put thousands of lives at risk, experts warn
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Tens of thousands of people will risk death or injury this weekend from shells and bombs buried in rubble when they try to reach ruined homes in areas of Gaza inaccessible throughout much of the 15-month war, explosive disposal experts and aid officials have warned.

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Southport killer: police in fight to access web history
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Police have been unable to check what Axel Rudakubana was searching online before he murdered three children in Southport because they are locked in a lengthy US legal process to obtain the data from Google and Microsoft, it can be revealed.

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UN voices alarm as M23 rebels advance on Goma in eastern DRC

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Scientists pinpoint Andes as origin of potato blight that led to Irish famine
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It was a disaster that killed about 1 million people, devastating 19th-century Ireland, but while the potato disease behind the Irish famine is well known, a battle has raged over where it originated.

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