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Jamie Wallis became the third Conservative MP to break ranks by calling for Liz Truss to quit Downing Street on Sunday night.
Mr Wallis, the MP for Bridgend and Porthcrawl since 2019, said Ms Truss had "undermined Britain’s economic credibility and fractured our party irreparably".
Sharing a letter to the Prime Minister on Twitter, he wrote: "Enough is enough. I have written to [her] to ask her to stand down as she no longer holds the confidence of this country."
And speaking to the Telegraph, Mr Wallis hinted he could quit the Tory party if Ms Truss remained in situ.
"Given what I wrote today, I think at the very least I would have to consider my position as a Conservative Member of Parliament," he said. "I could not say what I said today and then not have that chat with myself."
It came after Andrew Bridgen, the MP for North West Leicestershire, told the Telegraph: "We cannot carry on like this. Our country, its people and our party deserve better."
And earlier on Sunday, Crispin Blunt, the veteran MP for Reigate, urged the Prime Minister to resign "now" following her failed mini-Budget last month and weeks of fiscal turmoil.
Catch up with a momentous day of political drama below:
And that's all for tonight...
"What a day!"
The words of Liz Truss's former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng felt particularly relevant on Sunday as her leadership was plunged into further disarray by three Tory MPs calling for her immediate resignation.
Word seeped out at around lunchtime Crispin Blunt would use this evening's Andrew Neil Show to call for the Prime Minister to go "now", before the Telegraph revealed Andrew Bridgen has lost confidence in his party leader and Jamie Wallis made his own public call for her to quit.
Ms Truss and Jeremy Hunt, who replaced Mr Kwarteng, have their work cut out to convince jittery markets and increasingly mutinous backbenchers. While many MPs are prepared to wait until October 31 and the medium-term fiscal plan to pass judgment, the stakes are high.
My colleague Jack Maidment will be with you tomorrow morning to guide you through what looks set to be another remarkable day as MPs return to Parliament and the markets reopen for the first full day of trading since Ms Truss's U-turns.
Tories could win fewer than 150 seats, poll suggests
The Conservatives could win less than 150 seats at the next general election, a new MRP poll suggests tonight.
Data from Opinium based on the current state of the parties suggests Labour would end up with 411 seats, almost as many as they did under Tony Blair in their 1997 landslide victory.
Meanwhile the Tories are projected to lose 219 seats, ending up with 137, with Cabinet ministers including Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor, and Therese Coffey, the Deputy Prime Minister and Health Secretary, losing their seats.
The Liberal Democrats would rise to 39 seats, while the SNP would fall to 37.
Archbishop of Canterbury takes aim at trickle-down economics
It isn't just Joe Biden taking a public view on Liz Truss's trickle-down economics (see 9.30pm).
The Most Rev Justin Welby, who made critical remarks while on a tour of Australia, said that if rich people have money they are more likely to save it than spend it.
He argued that a better way to generate spending in the economy would be to put more money into the pockets of those who need to buy food.
"In the UK, the priority is the cost of living, with the poorest," he told the Guardian. "And from an economics point of view, I’m deeply sceptical about trickle-down theory."
Camilla Turner, our Chief Political Correspondent, has the story
Mind your own business, Tory MPs tell Joe Biden
Joe Biden should stick to sorting out his own problems, Conservative MPs said after the US president criticised Liz Truss’s tax-cutting proposals as a "mistake".
Ms Truss made low taxes a key part of her pitch to become Tory leader and prime minister, insisting last week it was the best way to achieve long-term economic growth.
She has since been forced into about-turns on abolishing the 45p top rate of income tax and freezing corporation tax following weeks of political and fiscal pressure.
The latest US inflation data showed persistently high prices, while business leaders warned last week that its Federal Reserve – which has raised interest rates five times this year – would now struggle to cool the country’s economy without causing a recession.
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