DUP and Tories agree government deal

The deal comes after two weeks of talks between the parties since the snap general election resulted in a hung Parliament.

The DUP’s 10 MPs will back the Tories in key Commons votes, starting with the Queen’s Speech later this week, but there will be no formal coalition.

Mrs May shook hands with DUP leader Arlene Foster as she and other senior party figures arrived at Downing Street on Monday to finalise the pact.

The two leaders then watched as Conservative chief whip Gavin Williamson and his DUP counterpart Jeffrey Donaldson signed the documents in No 10.

Under the so-called “confidence and supply” arrangement, the DUP will line up behind the government in key votes, which would threaten the government’s survival if they were lost.