Truss quits: Fleetwood MP calls for General Election

The Fleetwood MP has called for a General Election following the decision of Liz Truss to quit as Conservative Party leader.

The UK will have its third Prime Minister in just a few months after her decision to step down after just 44 days in office, with the party aiming to elect a new leader by the end of next week.

Cat Smith told Central Radio: “The Conservative Party no longer has a mandate to govern. They’ve crashed the economy and now three Prime Ministers in four months. This can’t go on.

‘’After 12 years of Tory failure, the British people deserve so much better than this revolving door of chaos. In the last few years, the Tories have set record-high taxation, trashed our institutions and created a cost-of-living crisis.

‘’The economy is in such a state, people are facing £500 a month extra on their mortgages. The damage they have done will take years to fix. The British public deserve a proper say on the country's future. They must have the chance to compare the Tories’ chaos with Labour’s plans to sort out their mess, grow the economy for working people and rebuild the country for a fairer, greener future.

‘’We must have a chance at a fresh start. We need a general election - now.”

Meanwhile, Blackpool South MP, Conservative Scott Benton, has revealed he lodged a letter of no confidence in the prime minister earlier this week.

Mr Benton said: ‘’For the last few weeks I’ve been hoping that this day would come.

''Sadly, Liz has not had the confidence of the general public, or Tory MPs, since the mini budget statement weeks ago. I wrote a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister to the Chair of the 1922 committee on Monday of this week.

‘’Liz is a patriot who always wanted the best for our country. She could see that economic storm clouds lied ahead and was determined to counteract this by trying to boost economic growth and help families with the cost of living.

‘’The key thing for the country now is stability.''