Queen's Speech could be delayed, says Damian Green

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After failing to achieve a majority, May is set to meet with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland on Tuesday to cobble together a deal to ensure her minority government can get its Queen's Speech - a key annual event in which the government lays out its policy agenda for the coming year - through Parliament.

The European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has warned London not to waste time, as Brussels waits for embattled British prime minister Theresa May to name a date for talks.

She told the influential 1922 Committee of backbench MPs that she had got the party into "this mess" by calling the snap election, but she would "get us out of it".

The European Union has called on the United Kingdom to treat Brexit negotiations with a greater sense of urgency days after Prime Minister Theresa May failed to win a majority in the general election.

The chaos has also weighed on the pound, which has plunged nearly two percent since last Thursday, and the government may have to delay the announcement of its policy plans to parliament.

May, who is trying to wrap up an arrangement with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party that would allow her to lead a government with a majority of votes in the House of Commons, moved to demonstrate that she understands the frustration within her own ranks following the election.

The Creative Industries Federation says the general election result shows "there is no clear mandate for the Government to negotiate a hard Brexit".

Brexit minister David Davis insisted the government still aimed to take Britain out of the European Union single market.

And he claimed Britain would still be prepared to walk away from negotiations without a deal if necessary.

But Ruth Davidson, the pro-EU leader of the Conservatives in Scotland, called on May to "reopen" the government's Brexit plans.

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Obviously, with Brexit talks looming, another election could delay things even further but a new poll suggests more Britons would be in favour of it than opposing it.

Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson wrote an article in The Sun dismissing rumors of him seeking to take over the leadership of the party.

The talks with the DUP follow her apology to Conservative rank-and-file lawmakers in a meeting for the party's poor election result.

Nevertheless, the idea of the government taking a more flexible, "softer" approach to Brexit will undoubtedly be welcome in the industry, as the sector has always made it clear it wants to remain as closely aligned with the European Union as possible.

The prime minister's spokesperson clarified the government's position were in line with Davis' statement.

May tried to reassert her shattered authority at the weekend by announcing her new cabinet - with no changes among her top team.

Gove, who has just been brought back to May's Cabinet as Environment Secretary, wrote in the Daily Telegraph that it was important to "achieve a deal that can command the widest possible support".

May appeared contrite, sought to apologize for her failed election gamble and gave an explanation of what went wrong, according to the report.

"We are going into these talks with the national interest at heart".

"There's been a lot of commentary around the issues that we are talking about and it won't surprise anyone that we are talking about matters that pertain, of course, to the nation generally", she said.

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