Downing Street insisted that a defeat on the budget would not amount itself to a vote of no confidence under the terms of the fixed term parliament act, but in reality failing to pass a finance bill would amount to a humiliation for Theresa May, and put her position as prime minister in jeopardy.
The Fixed Term Parliaments Act of 2011 was brought in to "fix" the parliamentary term at five years.
Social homes for life could also end for new tenants, who might be handed fixed term contracts, under the proposals.
It's actually quite a high bar to pass, under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, to trigger an election.
The consequence, were that to happen would, under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, be either a weak minority Corbyn government or a general election.
Now they are not formally so under the Fixed-term Parliament Act but whether or not those involved think they are serious enough that the government ought to resign we just don't know.
A vote of no confidence requires a simple majority of the Commons to pass, although under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, a 14-day period is allowed for a new government to be formed with the approval of MPs.
Under the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act of 2011, an early election is called if two-thirds of MPs vote for one or if a government loses a no-confidence vote and a new government loses a confidence vote 14 days later.
Even under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act of 2011, which makes it harder to call early elections, that could see Britons return to the polls sooner than expected.A pitch to the ethnic-minority vote There was a time, not so long ago, when Tory politics wasn't just about the hard-nosed stuff of deficits, immigration and leaving Europe.
And, under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, an election no longer automatically follows a government losing a confidence vote.
Under the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, the parties have a fortnight to hold negotiations on a new coalition.
