Downing Street made an error when it issued a statement saying the DUP had agreed the principles of a deal to back the Conservatives, according to Sky sources.
A strong showing for Labour in the election was capped when the party snatched the final seat to declare, Kensington, by just 20 votes.
This is usually a prime minister's moment of maximum power, but the early announcements, on Friday evening, instead exposed May's weakness: All five senior ministers stayed in their posts. Labour, the main opposition party, won 262. Numerous key cabinet posts have already been declared as unchanged from the previous government, including Philip Hammond as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Amber Rudd as home secretary, Boris Johnson as foreign secretary, David Davis as Brexit secretary and Michael Fallon as the in-charge of the ministry of defence.
May announced the party would try to work with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, an alliance that is fraught with difficulties.
In a DUP statement released at midnight, the party said: "The DUP held discussions with representatives of the Conservative Party in line with Arlene Foster's commitment to explore how we might bring stability to the nation at this time of great challenge".
He said his party would seek to vote down May's Queen's Speech, or program for government, when she presented it to parliament.
The DUP was founded in the 1970s by the late firebrand preacher Ian Paisley, and in the 1980s was a key player in the "Save Ulster from Sodomy" campaign, which unsuccessfully fought against the legalization of gay sex.
With the backing of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, May, though, will remain as Prime Minister.
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But she insisted that Polanski had done his time and had since suffered the sort of shaming that was once loaded on her. Braun wants to use the transcript to argue that Polanski has served his time so the worldwide warrant is dropped.
"I could not care less what people get up to in terms of their sexuality".
She sat in "stony-faced silence" when the exit poll was released at 10pm, and "took a minute to say anything" when it became clear that the Tories had lost their House of Commons' majority.
In 2015, the DUP led the opposition in the Northern Ireland Assembly after a judge ruled that a Christian-run bakery could not refuse to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan.
A hung parliament, where no one single party holds a majority, adds a fresh layer of political uncertainty as the United Kingdom begins its divorce from the European Union.
May's co-chiefs of staff, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, handed in their resignations on Saturday following the disastrous election, called by May to strengthen her position ahead of talks to leave the European Union, but which in the end left her weakened.
Mrs May needs support in Parliament because the Queen's Speech setting out the Government's programme is due on June 19, with a crucial vote on it expected after a few days' debate.
The Labour leader said his party would "absolutely" ensure Brexit occurs if they secured power, with a focus on negotiating tariff-free access as part of a "jobs-first Brexit".
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