"We had very good discussions yesterday with the Conservative Party in relation to how we could support them in forming a national government, one that would bring stability to the nation and those discussions continue".
Despite the "confidence and supply" agreement, which is far looser than a formal coalition, Mrs May grip on her position remains far from secure as the strength of the deal looks set to be tested. May's two top aides, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, announced they had quit on Saturday, following sustained criticism of the campaign within the party.Britain's typically pro-Conservative press savaged May on Saturday and questioned whether she could remain in power, only two months after she started the clock ticking on the two-year European Union divorce process.
May called the election to try to strengthen her hand in Brexit talks, but her party lost its majority in parliament.
The details of the agreement "will be put forward for discussion and agreement" at a cabinet meeting tomorrow, a day before the new parliament meets, the spokesman said. The DUP has been at the centre of attention since winning 10 of Northern Ireland's 17 seats and finding itself the party of choice to help the Conservatives. That said May had "spoken with the DUP to discuss finalising" a deal in the coming week.
"We will welcome any such deal being agreed, as it will provide the stability and certainty the whole country requires as we embark on Brexit and beyond", Downing Street said in a statement.
The DUP agreed in principle to support the Tories after the Conservatives won 318 seats in the General Election, leaving them short of the 326 needed to form a majority government.
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Meanwhile Mr Corbyn insisted "I can still be Prime Minister" as he vowed to fight Mrs May's attempt to run a minority government "all the way".
He said his party would seek to vote down May's Queen's Speech, or programme for government, when she presented it to parliament.
Survation, the opinion polling firm that came closest to predicting correctly the election's outcome, said a new poll it conducted for the Mail on Sunday newspaper showed support for Labour now 6 percentage points ahead of the Conservatives.
"I don't think Theresa May and this government have any credibility".
Katie Perrior, May's former director of communications, who quit when the snap election was called, has attacked the prime minister's governing style, and her joint chiefs of staff, Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy.
Johnson dismissed the reports as "tripe", tweeting late on Saturday that he was backing May.
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