Liz Truss lays into Rachel Reeves over economy and trip to China
Rachel Reeves has been blamed by Liz Truss for a dramatic drop in the value of the pound which has sparked fears of a new recession.
The former prime minister accused the chancellor of pushing Britain “to the brink of economic crisis”.
The scathing attack came as both Tory and Lib Dem MPs called on Ms Reeves to scrap a planned trip to China this weekend in which she is to seek closer economic ties to Beijing to revive Britain’s struggling growth.
The intervention by Ms Truss marks a dramatic political turn around. Labour won power on the back of persistent claims that Ms Truss “crashed the economy” during her brief spell in Downing Street.
And it came on the day that Ms Truss, who lost her Commons seat at the election, launched legal action against Sir Keir Starmer, calling on him to “cease and desist” from repeating the same claim.
Liz Truss lays into Rachel Reeves over economy and trip to China