Britain's May reaches power deal in battle to cling on

Previously, she said she wanted to take Britain out of the EU's single market and customs union in order to cut immigration.

Pressed if he was being clear that the United Kingdom will leave the EU, Mr Corbyn said: "Absolutely".

The Times newspaper's front page declared "May stares into the abyss".

Timothy and Hill had worked for May when she was interior minister, before she became prime minister in July a year ago in the chaotic days that followed the Brexit vote, and their influence had increasingly angered senior ministers.

Timothy was widely cited as the main proponent among May's aides for a botched plan for elderly social care that caused a major backlash from Conservative supporters.

After confirming on Friday that her top five ministers, including Chancellor Philip Hammond, would keep their jobs, May was expected to appoint a team that will take on one of the most demanding negotiations in British history.

With results declared for all of the 650 seats of British Parliament, the Conservatives won 318 while the opposition Labour secured 262, leaving neither party anywhere close to the 326 seats required for an overall majority.

Less than a year after May was propelled into Downing Street following Britain's surprise referendum decision to leave the European Union, party insiders were placing bets on how long she could last.

A deal between the government and the DUP could also unsettle the precarious balance between Northern Ireland's British loyalist and Irish nationalist parties.

But the Protestant DUP was founded to defend Northern Ireland's place in Britain against demands by Catholic republicans for a united Ireland. However, her government may lack the support for such an endeavour during negotiations.

"I can still be prime minister", Corbyn said.

BREAK: DUP has NOT yet reached any agreement with the Tories.

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, tweeted a link to a speech she had made about same-sex marriage - something the DUP opposes.

Davidson also said she had received reassurances from May that the party's deal with the DUP would not involve a rollback of gay rights.

"I told her that there were a number of things that count to me more than the party". Foster had told them she would be travelling to London to meet Ms.

May was interior minister for six years before taking over from David Cameron in the political chaos that following last June's Brexit referendum.

Poll finds voters would be less likely to vote Conservative under Johnson.

May sought to frame the campaign around her personal leadership heading into Brexit, but this was undermined by public performances derided as robotic.

If Corbyn had claimed seven more seats, the total seats won by Labour, the Lib Dems, the SNP, Plaid Cymru, the Green Party and one independent MP would have come to 322 - enough to dethrone the Conservatives of their power.

Norman Smith said he understood that senior Conservatives had warned the PM they would instigate a leadership contest at a meeting of backbenchers early next week if the pair did not leave, and were confident they could get the required 48 signatures to trigger a contest.