article_snippet.sent: the coalition's fixed term parliaments legislation means general elections are held on a fixed timetable every five years, and makes general elections much harder for an election to happen at other times.
article_snippet.sent: Two-thirds of MPs now have to back an earlier election, and governments can lose votes on Budgets, Queen's Speeches and other key legislation without it being seen as a vote of no confidence and triggering an election. '
article_snippet.sent: The Fixed Term Parliaments Act does make The Fixed Term Parliaments Act possible to change a government's position without threatening the existence of a government... including a budget, though I must say I'm not going into this trying to block a budget.
article_snippet.sent: But The Fixed Term Parliaments Act, in a House of Commons context, has made the prospect of a minority government a much more viable one.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Said new rules on fixed term parliaments meant the SNP MPs could seek to block key pieces of legislation, including Budgets, without bringing down a minority government .
  