The Solidarity party has withdrawn from its confidence and supply agreement with the government, raising questions over the Prime Minister’s ability to command confidence in the House of Commons.
The leader of Solidarity has told the BBC his party withdrew from its confidence and supply agreement with the government following a dispute over proposed changes to the electoral threshold.
He said the party had repeatedly raised concerns with ministers about plans to set the threshold at 10%, arguing it would limit opportunities for smaller parties.
“We decided to withdraw because we time and time again tried to talk to the government about the threshold,” he said.
He added that Solidarity had suggested lowering it “to 7.5 or 8.5%”, but claimed ministers “decided to act big and just go around our request”.
The party leader said Solidarity had opposed the proposal from the outset of its agreement with the government.
“We even asked them not to put it forward at the start of our coalition talks,” he said.
He also confirmed the decision to withdraw was taken following an internal vote.
“We held a vote on it and 80% of the board decided to withdraw and I fully support that,” he said.
He said the party would have been willing to negotiate, adding: “We would happily have talked about the bill.”