The prospect of such a deal has already raised alarm in Dublin, where Prime Minister Enda Kenny has warned of the impact on peace in the British province, while the DUP's ultra-conservative views have also prompted criticism.
A Conservative source said there was so far no deal to announce and that a decision on the timing of any announcement would have to wait until an agreement was finalised.
Theresa May's premiership has no mandate and no legitimacy, Jeremy Corbyn told Labour's MPs as he declared: "We are now a government in waiting".
"Being seen to be the prime minister" could help "shore up her authority at home", according to Colin Talbot, professor of government at the University of Manchester.
"There was an update on the on-going talks with the DUP", the Prime Minister's official spokesman said.
Sinn Fein, the SDLP and Alliance have all made clear Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire can not chair the ongoing process to restore powersharing at Stormont due to their perception he has a conflict of interest.
The Democratic Unionist Party controls the Northern Irish Assembly.
On Monday, she faced members of the Conservatives' 1922 Committee, which can trigger a vote of confidence in a party leader if it receives letters from 15 percent of the party's MPs.
The Irish republican Sinn Fein party which won seven seats in the election although MPs traditionally do not take up their seats in protest is also wary of the alliance.
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"This new arrangement is very unsettling and people are concerned and anxious about what it may mean", Sinn Fein MP Michelle Glidernew told AFP. "There's a lot of anxiety", Sinn Fein MP Michelle Gildernew told AFP.
The negotiations with the DUP revolve around support from the party on a vote-by-vote basis in parliament, rather than a formal coalition government.
The discussions with the DUP were "productive talks", she added.
That would give May enough votes to pass her legislative agenda through parliament and govern, albeit with a wafer-thin majority.
The UK's Brexit minister, David Davis, will open divorce talks in Brussels next week with an offer to allow the three million European Union citizens living in Britain the same rights that they have now, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
"My preoccupation is that time is passing - it's passing quicker than anyone believes. We are ready as soon as the United Kingdom itself is ready", he said. "And I confirmed to President Macron that the timetable for the Brexit negotiation remains on course and will begin next week", she added.
The talks are being closely watched in European capitals as they could delay the expected start of Brexit negotiations next week.
Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator, warned Tuesday that "the current uncertainty can not continue" and on Wednesday issued five "pressing questions" on Twitter. Brexit negotiations that were scheduled to begin next week was also likely to be postponed. "The current uncertainty can not continue", he said on Twitter.
May has promised to start the formal Brexit talks next week but opponents of a sharp break with the European Union took her woes as a chance to push back against her strategy. But the deal would be delayed until next week due to the fire incident in London.
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