There have been concerns, raised by a range of politicians from Irish Republicans in the left-wing Sinn Fein party which is active throughout Ireland to the Conservative former prime minister John Major, that May's government could not play the role of "honest broker" in talks in Northern Ireland if it has formal ties with the DUP.
Earlier, Andrea Leadsom, leader of the lower house of parliament, said the government had agreed with Queen Elizabeth, who reads out the new government programme, that the "state opening of parliament will take place on 21 June 2017".
There would be very serious consequences if there was any suggestion of a back-room deal with the DUP, said SDLP leader Colum Eastwood.
The Prime Minister needs the votes of the DUP's 10 MPs to support her minority government as she hopes to steer government business, like the Queen's Speech and Budget, through the Commons.
Yvette Cooper, a challenger from the pro-EU Blair/Brown wing of the Labour Party in the 2015 leadership election that saw Corbyn emerge as victor, called for a "cross-party commission to conduct the negotiations, and have a clear and transparent process to build consensus behind the final deal".
As May attempts to cobble together a majority, the EU's Michel Barnier said he would hold talks with British envoy Oliver Robbins on Tuesday to organise the negotiations. Both sides have expressed their desire to avoid the return of a hard border between the Republic and Northern Ireland. May's "hard Brexit" approach to the upcoming negotiations with Brussels.
Speaking earlier on Tuesday, DUP leader Arlene Foster told reporters that discussions centered on "bringing stability to the United Kingdom government in and around issues around Brexit, obviously around counter-terrorism, and then doing what's right for Northern Ireland in respect of economic matters".
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"We have failed to get our message about being the party of the ladder of opportunity across and we failed to get a message that we are also the party for the poor".
"It's a unity of objective, having voted to leave the European Union, that their Government gets on with that and makes a success of it, and we are committed to developing a deep and special partnership with the European Union".
Furthermore, the 2015 "English votes for English laws" order, which restricts England-centric decisions to English MPs, neither the 10 DUP members nor the 13 Scottish Tories will be able to support Ms.
Sinn Fein's Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill said: "I will be making it very clear that any deal between the Tories and the DUP can not be allowed to undermine the Good Friday and subsequent agreements". Some Conservatives are unhappy about the prospect of a deal with the DUP, partly on account of the party's social conservatism but also because any extra funds for Northern Ireland will prompt calls for equivalent transfers to other parts of the UK.
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party resumed talks on a deal to prop up her minority government yesterday as she faced a battle over her Brexit strategy just days before European Union divorce talks are due to begin.
"We have two weeks from today to get the Northern Ireland executive up and functioning again and to try to bring in a new chair is actually a waste of time and a distraction", he said.
While the DUP continue to hammer out the details of the arrangement with the Tories, the other four main parties at Stormont confirmed they would be meeting Mrs May on Thursday. "The current uncertainty can not continue", he said on Twitter.
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