Former PM Liz Truss (Image: Getty)
Liz Truss has sent a cease and desist letter to Sir demanding that he stops claiming she crashed the economy.
Lawyers acting on behalf of the former prime minister argue that the statement is “false and defamatory”.
They suggest that the claims from Sir Keir contributed to Ms Truss losing her South West Norfolk seat in the July general election.
The legal letter argues that financial movements in the weeks after her so-called mini-budget in September 2022 did not amount to an economic crash.
The letter, reported by The Telegraph, says: “We are writing in relation to statements you have made publicly in respect of our client which have caused and will likely continue to cause serious harm to her reputation.
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“Of particular concern are the false and defamatory public statements you made about our client in the lead-up to the UK general election from late May 2024, at a time when you knew or ought to have known that those statements were false and the statements were likely to materially impact public opinion of our client whilst she was standing as the parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party in South West Norfolk.”
The letter refers to occasions during the election campaign when Sir Keir claimed that “Liz Truss crashed the economy”.
It ends: “The statements are defamatory and are causing continuing damage to our client’s reputation.
“Accordingly, our client requests that you immediately cease and desist from repeating the defamatory statements at any point, from causing them to be repeated or from otherwise re-publishing the defamatory statements or any part of them.
“We sincerely hope that this matter can now be resolved and that you will refrain from causing any further damage to our client.”