Sunday, January 12, 2025

Quite So.

 SIR – At least Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng had the excuse that they surprised the markets when their mini-Budget drove lending rates to their highest since 2008 (“Truss confronts Starmer on claim she crashed economy”, report, January 9).

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves, on the other hand, had months of warning that their disastrous policies would wreck the economy – but have ploughed on regardless (“Treasury steps in to halt market mayhem”, report, January 9).

Mark Lichfield
London SW10.  DT.

St Hilda.

Who was Hilda of Whitby and why is she important? St Hilda founded the original Whitby Abbey. The stone ruins that remain today are from a l...