The leader of the Swedish Moderate Party, Ulf Kristersson, has failed to secure a confidence vote that would Sweden to form a new coalition government after more than two months of fraught negotiations.

Kristersson expected to form a government that would depend, indirectly, garner the support of the far-right Sweden Democrats, but by forcing a vote, Kristersson caused a split in the centre-right alliance.

The leader of the Liberals in the government, Jan Björklund, also said that they wou...