Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has demanded a general election to be called following Liz Truss' dramatic resignation as the UK's prime minister after just 45 days in office.

The Kingston borough is a Lib Dem stronghold with comfortable control of the Council and the electoral maths suggest the Tories would have a minimal chance of claiming a seat.

Responding to this afternoon's news, Kingston and Surbiton MP Ed Davey, said: ""Boris Johnson failed our country and Liz Truss trashed our economy. The Conservatives have proven time and time again they are not fit to lead our great country. 

"We do not need another Conservative Prime Minister lurching from crisis to crisis, we need a general election, we need the Conservatives out of power and we need real change.

"It is time for Conservative MPs to do their patriotic duty, put the country first and give the people a say."

Following her resignation, Ms Truss will be the shortest-serving prime minister in history.

In a statement read outside Downing Street, Ms Truss said: "I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills."

She said she was elected "with a mandate to change this", adding: "We delivered on energy bills. I recognise, though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party, I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.

"This morning, I met the chairman of the 1922 committee, Sir Graham Brady. We've agreed that there will be a leadership election to be completed within the next week."

Ms Truss will remain in office until a successor is chosen.

The prime minister's downfall started with her former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced his mini-budget a month ago, which prompted weeks of economic turmoil and eventually led to him being sacked last Friday.

On Wednesday afternoon, her home secretary, Suella Braverman then quit after saying she had breached security rules by sending a policy message to a colleague over her personal email by mistake.