Her attorneys contend that Sir Keir’s repeated assertion is “false and defamatory” and hurt her politically in the lead-up to her losing the general election seat for South West Norfolk.
After her government’s mini-budget, borrowing costs skyrocketed, forcing Truss, the UK’s shortest-serving prime minister, to step down after just 49 days in office.
The spokesman for the prime minister recommended that Truss write to “millions of people up and down the country” who, according to him, have seen their mortgage bills increase as a result of her economic policies.
As borrowing costs skyrocket, the pound drops to its lowest level in more than a year.
