Democratic Unionist Party News

Members of the House of Commons will vote on the Conservative leader's legislative plans -- the Queen's Speech -- in a key test of whether she can stay in power.  

May's botched gamble on a June 8 snap election lost her Conservative Party its majority in parliament, leading her to strike a deal on Monday with a small Northern Irish party to ensure she has enough votes to pass legislation in parliament.

When asked who make the best prime minister, the YouGov poll for The Times showed 35 percent of voters would prefer Corbyn, while 34 percent favoured May.   

"There`s no individual sticking point. Talks are progressing," First Secretary of State Damian Green, who is effectively May`s deputy, told the BBC

British Prime Minister Theresa May`s programme for government is revealed at the formal opening of parliament on Wednesday after an election that weakened her authority and tragedies that have shaken the nation.

British Prime Minister Theresa May`s Conservative party resumed talks on a deal to prop up her minority government on Wednesday as she faced a battle over her Brexit strategy just days before EU divorce talks are due to begin.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is unlikely to announce a deal Wednesday to stay in power with the smaller Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) after a fatal tower block fire.

With formal EU divorce talks due next week, Theresa May heads to France on Tuesday to meet President Emmanuel Macron, 

At just eight seats shy of a majority, Theresa May turned to the right-wing Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland, which won 10 seats in Westminster.

May's Conservatives lost their parliamentary majority in Thursday's vote and need the support of the 10 MPs from Northern Ireland's DUP to have a majority.

The DUP - which defends Northern Ireland remaining part of the United Kingdom and takes a conservative approach to social issues.

The pro-British Democratic Unionist Party came first in Northern Ireland`s snap election, winning just one seat more than Irish republicans Sinn Fein.

Northern Ireland`s remotest polling station got its ballot box on Wednesday after a choppy ferry journey to the 140 residents on Rathlin Island.