British PM Theresa May finalises cabinet amid minority govt talks with DUP

May's party fell short of an overall majority following Thursday's vote, and plans to work with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party.

Following the announcement, the Lib Dems called on Mrs May to make the terms of her deal with the DUP "clear to the British people immediately".

The Conservatives finished the election with 318 seats, eight short of the 326 needed for a majority, and the party is now dependent on the 10 DUP MPs to ensure legislation can be passed through a hostile House of Commons.

A confidence and supply deal would mean them backing the Government on its Budget and confidence motions, but could potentially lead to other issues being decided on a vote-by-vote basis.

A Downing Street spokesman added: "We welcome this commitment, which can provide the stability and certainty the whole country requires as we embark on Brexit and beyond".

Downing St. said the Cabinet will discuss the agreement on Monday.

Several hundred people - many Labour voters - protested in central London against the potential alliance, with one organiser leading chants of "racist, sexist, anti-gay, the DUP has got to go". The DUP is a socially conservative pro-British Protestant group that opposes abortion and same-sex marriage and once appointed an environment minister who believes human-driven climate change is a myth.

Unionists appeared to have been sidelined when Sinn Fein pulled out of Northern Ireland's devolved assembly in January and surged at resulting regional elections, depriving Foster of her position as First Minister in the power-sharing government created by a 1998 peace deal. "The movement of goods and access to labour across the Irish border after Brexit are "key concerns" for farmers on the island of Ireland, according to the Ulster Farmers" Union (UFU).

Ruth Davidson, the Conservative leader in Scotland, said she had asked May for assurances that there would be no attack on gay rights after a deal with the DUP.

"The actions of this Government will have profound implications for the Brexit negotiations and the future of our country".

May's office has already said that the senior Cabinet members - Treasury chief Philip Hammond, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Amber Rudd - will keep their current jobs, but she is expected to reshuffle the lower ranks of ministers.

"We will fulfil the promise of Brexit together and over the next five years build a country in which no one, and no community, is left behind", May said.

"I felt what the prime minister needs when you're going through a tough time like negotiating Brexit is diplomats, not street fighters", Perrior, who quit before the election, told BBC radio. Foster told the Guardian: "I would not want abortion to be as freely available here as it is in England and don't support the extension of the 1967 act".

If she is to succeed in delivering the wishes of 52 percent of the public and take Britain out of the European Union, she must find a way to secure the full support of her party to pass legislation preparing for and enacting the departure.

"I'd be very, very surprised if there's any sort of formal arrangement". In return, the Labour Party agreed to some modest concessions required by the Liberals, led by David Steele.

DUP leader Arlene Foster (centre) with MP's at the Stormont Hotel in Belfast after Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she will work with "friends and allies" in the DUP to enable her to lead a government.