A Bolton MP has called for a general election in the wake of the resignation of prime minister Liz Truss.

The prime minister dramatically announced her regisnation today following chaotic scenes at the House of Commons last night.

Now, Bolton South East MP Yasmin Qureshi has said a general election must follow as soon as possible.

She said: “Liz Truss is the latest Tory prime minister in a string of tory failures.

“Her resignation however isn’t enough, we need a general election and Labour are a government in waiting ready to give Britain the leadership it desperately needs.”

This comes minutes after Liz Truss made her announcement from Downing Street on Thursday afternoon.

Speaking from a lectern in Downing Street, Ms Truss said she had told King Charles she was resigning as the leader of the Conservative Party.

There will now be a leadership election to be completed within the next week she said, after speaking to the leader of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, in No 10.

It comes just a little over 24 hours after she told MPs she was a “fighter, not a quitter.”

Ms Truss’ replacement will be the third UK prime minister in less than a year.