British Prime Minister Theresa May faced negotiations with a small Northern Irish party to maintain her power after her Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority in a catastrophic electoral gamble just days before Brexit talks are set to start.
May would have been able to form a government without support from the Democratic Unionist Party, which won 10 seats if Conservatives seized four seats from Labour - Dudley North (22 majority); Newcastle-under-Lyme (30 majority); Crew and Nantwich (48 majority); and Canterbury (187 majority).
Foster told Sky News her party had "very good" discussions with Chief Whip Gavin Williamson, who May sent to Belfast to negotiate a deal to keep the Conservatives in power.
DUP leader Arlene Foster is to meet with May in London on Tuesday to discuss their arrangement, Sky News reported.
May is under pressure after the Conservatives lost their parliamentary majority in Thursday's election.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, a member of May's Conservative party, told the BBC: "What we do have now is an understanding of the outline proposals that would underpin that working agreement".
The petition, posted shortly after a "confidence" deal announcement yesterday between the Tories and the Democratic Unionist party, says, "Theresa May said there will NOT be a coalition of chaos", before citing a list of DUP stances outside the British mainstream: anti-LGBT, creationism in the schools, anti-abortion, and a return to the death penalty. "One can speculate about the reasons for this, but the simple truth is that Britain is a divided country: many are exhausted of austerity, many remain frustrated or angry about Brexit, and many younger people feel they lack the opportunities enjoyed by their parents' generation". Labour surpassed expectations by winning 262.
Officials claimed last night that a "confidence and supply" deal - offering the Tories informal reassurance they could count on DUP support - had been reached.
Some in Theresa May's own party called for her to step down as leader after the results came in.
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"The Prime Minister thanked Mr Kenny for helping to make UK-Ireland relations stronger than ever, wished him well for the future and said she looked forward to continuing a close relationship with his successor".
He said: "I am backing Theresa May".
But 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. She's then got to present a programme to Parliament.
But after a poor campaign and an unexpectedly stiff challenge from Labour, her plan went disastrously wrong, leaving her unable to form a sustainable government without DUP support.
Johnson plans to take advantage of May's weakened state to launch a bid to become Prime Minister, the Mail on Sunday reported, citing a close ally of Johnson. "Let's get on with the job".
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, Mr Corbyn said: "We're going to put down a substantial amendment to the Queen's Speech which will contain within it the main points of our manifesto, and so we'll invite the House to consider all the issues we put forward which I've mentioned - jobs-first Brexit, mention the issues of young people and austerity, there's many other things".
On Brexit, the DUP supports leaving the European Union but opposes a return to a "hard" border with Ireland - which could happen if May carries through her threat to walk away from the talks rather than accept a "bad deal". Without the amendments, he said Labour would try to vote down the speech.
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