Theresa May to finalise cabinet amid DUP talks

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Labour has urged Mrs.

She said: "They have achieved little propping up Tory governments in the past and put their own interests before those of the people".

"The prime minister has tonight spoken with the DUP to discuss finalising a confidence and supply deal when Parliament returns next week", a Downing Street spokeswoman said, referring to a deal whereby the DUP would support the government but not enter a formal coalition.

The nursery worker said he was "angry" that Ms May had done a deal with the DUP, although he admitted he did not initially know who they were.

However, in an election shock seats swung to Labour, which won Battersea, Shipley, Bury North and Stockton South among others from the Conservatives.

With Brexit Secretary David Davis and Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon also staying put, there were suggestions changes could just centre on replacing the eight ministers who lost their seats.

Liberal Democrats gained four seats to amass 12 MPs but lost its former leader and ex-deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, perhaps the highest-profile casualty in a night of stunning results.

"A government that can provide certainty and lead Britain forward at this critical time for our country".

The two top aides to British Prime Minister Theresa May resigned Saturday, shouldering some of the blame for an election that proved a disaster for the Conservative Party, a headache for Britain's exit from the European Union - and potentially a fatal blow to May's premiership.

Money for Northern Ireland will undoubtedly be part of their demands, and Mrs May will expect that.

Conservatives, DUP agree to 'confidence and supply' deal on government
Prime Minister Theresa May had sent Gavin Williamson, her chief whip, to Belfast to lead talks with the party's officials. The DUP said talks would continue next week to "work on the details" and "reach agreement".

Northern Ireland is the only remaining part of the United Kingdom where same-sex marriage is not legal after the DUP used a controversial veto mechanism to block any change to legislation. Another potential problem is the planned restart of negotiations for power-sharing in the province. But if Mrs May is doing a deal with the DUP, that could make it harder to reach an agreement with Sinn Fein.

Among Tory MPs there was fury at the way a 20-point opinion poll lead at the start of the campaign had been thrown away in an election which she did not need to call for another three years.

Writing in The Times she said: "Mrs May condoned their behaviour and turned a blind eye or didn't understand how destructive they both were". May about her concerns.

But it later emerged no deal has yet been finalised and talks on the arrangement will continue during the week as Mrs May desperately tries to shore up her position after losing her Commons majority in the election.

An online petition has also gathered nearly 500,000 signatures, with the political party branded "dangerous" on the page.

The protest then moved to outside the gates of Downing Street, where they were met by a wall of uniformed police officers.

Mrs May was working on a Cabinet reshuffle, although the election result makes it less likely she will risk alienating colleagues by making wholesale changes as she can not afford to have disgruntled former ministers sniping at her from the backbenches.

This morning we woke to the news that Jeremy Corbyn's Labour have defied all expectations and successfully prevented May and her right-wing allies from getting an overall majority. It recently backed the right of a Belfast bakery to refuse to make a cake with a gay rights slogan and proposed a law to allow religious business people to refuse to serve people where that would conflict with their religious beliefs.

Meanwhile, Labour, which had been written off by critics as all but unelectable, surged to 261 seats, up 29 from its tally in the 2015 election.

With 40% of the vote, it also secured its biggest vote share since the 2001 election when Tony Blair won his second term as PM.

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