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DUP to get weekly meetings with Tory ministers to ensure they keep propping up Theresa May after near disaster in the Brexit talks

05/01/18 08:16

Ministers will now meet with the DUP 'almost weekly' to ensure they keep propping up Theresa May, it emerged today. Sammy Wilson (pictured), the Brexit spokesman for the Northern Ireland party, said the Tories had agreed to 'closer liaison' between the two parties. The new agreement comes weeks after DUP leader Arlene Foster pulled Theresa May out of Brexit negotiations by refusing to support a draft divorce agreement. The extraordinary intervention almost collapsed the entire Brexit negotiation and underlined the weakness of the Prime Minister in Parliament....read

Irish PM risks a fresh rift with DUP and anger in Westminster by saying he 'aspires' to unite with Northern Ireland outside the UK after Brexit
02/01/18 10:24
Leo Varadkar's comments will enrage the DUP, Theresa May's unionist allies in Westminster, and be seen as a renewed threat to try and keep Northern Ireland inside the EU.
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David Davis says he doesn't need to be 'clever' to negotiate Brexit as he blames DUP's failure to 'sort themselves out' for divorce deal delay
11/12/17 11:36
Despite previously warning that the talks could be the 'most complicated of all time', the Brexit Secretary said he only needed to be 'calm' rather than intelligent.
David Davis backs loose Canada-style trade deal with EU as Dublin warns it 'will hold the UK to account' on soft Irish border vow after claims PM's aides told Boris and Gove it was 'meaningless'
10/12/17 01:02
The Brexit Secretary insisted the package signed off in Brussels merely amounted to a 'statement of intent' about keeping a a soft Irish border and did not mean we would accept the EU's rules wholesale.
‘I think this week tells you a lot about our power!’ DUP deputy leader says Brexit deal shows his party will stamp their influence on Government in exchange for propping May up in No10
08/12/17 14:01
Nigel Dodds, the party's Brexit chief, said the party's 'influence has been brought to bear' on government in securing the last minute changes to the deal.
May's deputy Damian Green is blamed for DUP crisis with claims he was distracted by sleaze scandal
06/12/17 10:37
The PM's deputy faces jibes that he has not been focused on his role as a link with the Northern Ireland party - which is propping up Theresa May in power.
PM slaps down Philip Hammond after he insists Britain must pay £50BILLION divorce bill to EU even if we don’t get a trade deal
06/12/17 09:11
The PM's spokesman contradicted the Chancellor after he said it was 'inconceivable' that the UK would not hand over money that it was 'obliged' to pay.
DUP leader Arlene Foster REFUSES to back down in Irish border fight as she blames Dublin for triggering the row and reveals she still hasn't spoken to Theresa May a day after torpedoing her Brexit talks
05/12/17 08:41
DUP leader Arlene Foster is due to finally speak to Prime Minister Theresa May later tonight, more than 24 hours after a call yesterday that forced Mrs May to quit a crucial round of Brexit talks.
Ten days to save Brexit: Theresa May will spend today desperately trying to persuade DUP and her own Cabinet to resurrect EU deal after Unionists killed plan to sacrifice Northern Ireland with one phone call
05/12/17 01:26
Mrs May had to break off from lunch with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker yesterday to field an angry call from DUP leader Arlene Foster who had gone public with her concerns.
What prevented the deal, why the border is a problem and what did the DUP say? The thorny issue of what happens to the Irish border after Brexit
04/12/17 23:40
The thorny issue of what happens to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic after Brexit prevented a deal. It combines the politics of the peace process and the Tory/DUP deal.
How DUP wrecked Brexit deal with one phone call: PM was ready to back concession on Irish border that could see Northern Ireland 'stay in the EU' - but her DUP allies pulled out at the last moment
04/12/17 09:52
Prime Minister Theresa May broke away from talks with EU leaders to speak to DUP leader Arlene Foster. After the call she backed off a draft agreement critics claim would leave NI in the EU.
DUP warns May's plan to end Brexit standoff over Irish border is unworkable and could SMASH deal that props her up in power
30/11/17 10:27
Senior figures in the Northern Ireland party made clear it was 'not on' for the government to give in to pressure from Dublin on the crucial issue.
'Enough pussy footing around!' DUP's Ian Paisley tells ministers Ireland must be punished for exploiting Brexit negotiations to try to split up the UK
29/11/17 12:42
Mr Paisley said if the Irish PM Leo Varadkar does not start acting like a 'good neighbour' then Britain should make a future fisheries deal 'extremely long tenuous and hard' for them.
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Deputy PM Damian Green ‘offered Tory cash to DUP’ in bid to keep May in power after election
27/11/17 09:11
Damian Green is said to have offered to use party funds to pay for a special adviser for the small Northern Ireland party after they agreed to prop the Tories up in power.
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Irish border question is 'non-negotiable', DUP's deputy leader Nigel Dodds warns Theresa May after speculation over post-Brexit sea frontier
25/11/17 15:21
Nigel Dodds, who leads the DUP in Westminster, told his party's conference in Belfast that any special arrangements for Northern Ireland in Brexit talks should be taken off the table.
Downing Street DENIES a u-turn on leaving Northern Ireland inside the EU customs union despite saying it was a 'matter for negotiation'
24/11/17 11:58
In remarks that will alarm Theresa May 's DUP allies, the Prime Minister's spokesman did not reject suggestions the province could be left behind after Brexit.
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PM's DUP allies tell her to prepared to walk away from Brexit talks as they claim credit for 'ending austerity' in the Budget
24/11/17 10:29
Nigel Dodds, the leader of the DUP in Westminster, said the EU is acting 'like an adversary' and the extra £3billion pledged to plan for no deal is crucial to show Britain means business.
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DUP blames Sinn Fein's 'glorification of terrorism' for failure to resolve Northern Ireland crisis as May holds talks with parties in Downing Street
21/11/17 11:37
The Prime Minister met DUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Fein separately in No10 this morning as she seeks to break the powersharing deadlock.
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Theresa May sits down with EVERY party leader at landmark Commons talks to agree a new 'grievance procedure' for MPs' staff who are harassed by Westminster politicians
06/11/17 10:32
Theresa May said the agreement was an 'important step forward' following the talks in Parliament as a sex scandal threatens to engulf politics.
Amber Rudd goes to war on her own MPs: Home Secretary wants sex pests kicked out of Parliament despite fears that by-elections could bring the government down
06/11/17 00:49
Theresa May was yesterday reported to have put the her party on a ‘state of readiness’ to fight by-elections. Losing just seven seats would collapse her majority.
Westminster will set Northern Ireland's budget within a fortnight unless there is a breakthrough in powersharing talks, warns Brokenshire
01/11/17 15:41
A return of direct rule to Northern Ireland took a step closer today as James Brokenshire said he would pass laws to impose a budget within a fortnight.
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DUP politicians demand that Theresa May threatens Chancellor Philip Hammond with the sack unless he changes his tone on Brexit
15/10/17 00:50
Senior members of the Northern Irish party - which is backing Mrs May in a confidence and supply arrangement - said Mr Hammond is 'causing unnecessary division' in the Tory Party.
Theresa May's DUP allies warn her a UK-EU border in the Irish Sea 'cannot happen' and is a 'red line' that could crash the Government
12/10/17 08:42
Hopes for an open border inside Ireland has prompted claims of customs controls between Northern Ireland and the British mainland. Arlene Foster (pictured) said this was unacceptable.
DUP's Ian Paisley Jr to refer himself to standards watchdog over claims he pushed for post-Brexit trade deal with Sri Lanka after it 'welcomed his family on undeclared £100,000 all-expenses-paid holidays'
08/09/17 06:38
The DUP MP (pictured with the Sri Lanka high commissioner on Monday) was allegedly treated to two all-expenses paid trips with his wife and children.
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'They are not serious about restoring devolution': The DUP blames Sinn Fein for the political crisis in Northern Ireland amid calls for powersharing talks to start again next week
21/08/17 16:50
Senior DUP member Simon Hamilton said they are ready to form another executive immediately but the republicans are blocking a return to powersharing.
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DUP leader Arlene Foster says Sinn Fein is NOT INTERESTED in restoring powersharing - as an Irish Brexit report sets out proposals to pave the way for a united Ireland
02/08/17 16:43
Arlene Foster said the Republicans are showing 'no spirit of compromise' and refusing to try to strike a deal to bring back powersharing.
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Tory-DUP deal that is keeping May in No 10 faces a court challenge based on claims it breaks BRIBERY laws
09/07/17 15:47
Green Party campaigner Ciaran McClean (pictured) is trying to raise £20,000 on a crowd funding website. He says the deal breaches the Good Friday Agreement and bribery laws.
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Tom Daley’s husband Dustin Lance Black rants against 'disgusting' Theresa May over DUP deal that he claims is 'hurtful and harmful' to gay people
07/07/17 16:05
The American director blasted the alliance between the Tories and the Northern Irish party which has been accused of having regressive, homophobic and misogynistic policies.
Powersharing talks in Northern Ireland break down with Sinn Fein claiming the political crisis amounts to a 'monumental failure' by Theresa May
04/07/17 16:48
Michelle O-Neill blamed the political crisis on Mrs May's decision to be propped up in No10 by the DUP's ten MPs.
Northern Ireland Secretary warns the 'point is coming' where power will have to be transferred back to London as battling DUP and Sinn Fein have STILL not reached a deal
03/07/17 08:28
James Brokenshire told MPs that Sinn Fein and the DUP have still not managed to broker a new power sharing executive in Belfast.
So what about Labour cosying up to the DUP? Deal with the Tories only mirrors similar ones the party tried when Gordon Brown was leader
02/07/17 23:11
The deal between the Tories and the DUP simply mirrors similar ones that Labour is said to have tried when Gordon Brown was leader, writes ANDREW PIERCE.
Theresa May in 'bung' storm after the DUP leader flew back to Belfast on a £20,000 RAF flight after she signed a £1billion deal to back Tories
02/07/17 00:59
Theresa May was under fire last night after it was revealed she used the RAF to lay on a £20,000 flight for the Ulster politician propping up her Government.
Sinn Fein's president Gerry Adams says deadline for Northern Ireland power sharing will not be met
01/07/17 16:09
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams pictured today addressing a marriage equality march in Belfast this afternoon said he was not optimistic about the success of talks to re-establish the Stormont executive.
Deadline for restoring powersharing in Northern Ireland is extended AGAIN as last-ditch talks between the DUP and Sinn Fein fail
29/06/17 09:01
Sinn Fein have for months refused to re-join an executive headed by DUP leader Arlene Foster amid her involvement in a public spending scandal.
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Theresa May survives her first parliamentary test since the election as Labour's bid to sabotage the Queen's Speech FAILS to pass the Commons - by 14 votes thanks to DUP support
28/06/17 18:16
Jeremy Corbyn's amendment calling for an end to the public sector pay cap failed to win the support of enough MPs. It comes after Mrs May finally struck a deal to get the backing of the DUP.
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Andrea Leadsom dresses in ORANGE as Tories unveil deal with Northern Ireland's DUP to prop them up in government
27/06/17 12:59
The minister dressed in the traditional colour of Northern Ireland unionists as she sat alongside Theresa May in the chamber.
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Mac on... Theresa May's deal with the DUP
26/06/17 23:51
'Theresa May took some persuading but eventually the DUP clinched the deal.'
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State pension triple lock and winter fuel payouts for all are SAVED: Tory deal with DUP junks key manifesto promises
26/06/17 12:05
TheTory manifesto plan to axe the triple lock, which sees the state pension go up at least 2.5 per cent a year, has hung in the balance since it failed to win an outright majority in the 8 June election.
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Sinn Fein claims the £1BILLION Tory-DUP deal threatens the Good Friday Agreement: Cash will be controlled from London if power-sharing talks break down
26/06/17 07:31
The Tories finally signed an agreement for the party founded by Ian Paisley to prop up Mrs May's minority government this morning.
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BLACK DOG: Ulster's DUP want a 21-mile bridge linking Northern Ireland with Scotland
25/06/17 01:00
With Ulster's DUP taking their hung-Parliament negotiations with Theresa May down to the wire ahead of Thursday's Queen's Speech vote, what on earth can they still be arguing over (pictured)?
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Ian Paisley's DUP 'hold secret talks with Labour and Lib Dems as they pile pressure on Theresa May to accept their £2billion demands'
23/06/17 06:33
The party is said to have met with the oppositions in a bid to get backing on an amendment to the Queen's Speech which would rule out the return of a hard border with Ireland.
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DUP MP says the chances of a deal to keep May in power by voting for the Queen's Speech are 'very good' and dismisses claims Ian Paisley's party is demanding £2bn for Northern Ireland
22/06/17 07:28
Jeffrey Donaldson admitted his party was 'no pushover' and wanted higher spending on the NHS, education and infrastucture in Northern Ireland.
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End austerity or there's no deal! DUP chief Nigel Dodds wants £2billion of cash for Northern Ireland as there is STILL no sign of a formal deal between the Tories and the Ian Paisley party
21/06/17 23:43
Dodds spoke favourably of the Government agenda but did not signal that a deal with Theresa May's minority Tory administration had yet been finalised.
Ian Paisley's DUP demands £2BILLION as its price for propping up Theresa May's hobbled government as Labour accuse the PM of ruling over an 'unprecedented shambles'
20/06/17 15:15
The Northern Irish party, founded by Ian Paisley, is said to have demanded £1billion for the NHS and another £1billion on infrastructure in the province.
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New Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he is 'reassured' the Tory-DUP deal will NOT break Northern Ireland peace as he reveals joy of first No 10 visit with a joke about famous Love Actually scene
19/06/17 15:14
Theresa May and the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar held talks touching on Brexit and restoring devolution in Northern Ireland as well as the Tory-DUP deal.
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Talks between the Tories and Ian Paisley's DUP have STILL not finished less than two days before the Queen's Speech, No 10 admits
19/06/17 13:35
No 10 confirmed today that negotiations were still ongoing between the political parties as Theresa May fights on after the general election.
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Just 27 per cent support May's plan to do a deal with Ian Paisley's DUP as its Westminster leader gloats there is 'no deadline' despite looming Brexit talks
16/06/17 14:36
While few in Westminster believe the deal will not eventually be struck, news the public already loath the idea will further rock the already ailing prime minister.
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May bids to get Northern Ireland power-sharing back on track by inviting Sinn Fein and DUP to No10 - as she haggles with Ian Paisley's party to prop her up as PM
14/06/17 11:09
The Prime Minister is hosting Sinn Fein, the DUP and other parties at No10 tomorrow in a bid to restore the Stormont assembly after its acrimonious collapse in January.
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Tory deal with Ian Paisley's DUP risks return to violence in Northern Ireland, warns former PM John Major
13/06/17 13:41
The ex-PM said he feared the UK government would no longer be seen as an 'honest broker', suggesting 'hard men' could decide to take matters into their own hands again.
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DUP says deal to prop up May in power will be struck 'sooner rather than later' after Ian Paisley-founded party presents PM with £1billion 'shopping list' of demands
13/06/17 12:25
The Prime Minister has held talks with Arlene Foster in Downing Street as she seeks to make the best of the election debacle.
May vows to bridge Britain's divide as she signals austerity is OVER by preparing to ditch the public sector pay cap and so-called 'Dementia Tax'
13/06/17 08:47
On the first day of Parliament since the election, Theresa May said the election, which saw disastrous losses that wiped out her majority, had laid bare the splits in the country.
Labour accused of hypocrisy for criticising Theresa May's talks with Ian Paisley's DUP party despite trying to organise their own deal in 2010
12/06/17 22:53
It has emerged that senior Labour figures had previously tried to woo Ian Paisley (pictured) and his DUP party with an 'economic package' in 2010. It comes as Tories face criticism for their deal.
DUP chief Foster hails 'positive' talks on propping up the Tories but the Ian Paisley party is pressure to win rights for Orange Order marches in Catholic areas
12/06/17 17:04
Theresa May's Tories have been forced to ask the DUP, a Northern Irish party founded by the late Ian Paisley, for help after last week's disastrous general election.
Give us billions to back you, Ian Paisley party tells Theresa: DUP to demand new 'economic package' in Northern Ireland as part of deal with the Tories
11/06/17 22:52
Mrs May is to meet party leader Arlene Foster in Downing Street in a bid to put together a Commons partnership, but the price of a deal is expected to include support for a new ‘economic package’.
Supporters of Ian Paisley party want Theresa May to sanction banned flashpoint Orange Order march as part of support deal
11/06/17 11:49
The DUP has been urged to discuss the banned orange march in Drumcree, Portadown with PM Theresa May as part of their negotiations to support her minority government.
Fresh humiliation for Theresa May as Downing Street says deal has been struck with DUP to keep her as PM - only for Northern Ireland party to make clear there is NO agreement yet
11/06/17 08:16
In an embarrassing error, a spokesman for Downing Street said the DUP had 'agreed to the principles of an outline agreement', but was then forced to clarify one had not been struck.
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Ian Paisley's DUP Party demand the Tories water down their controversial dementia tax as the price of any deal to keep Theresa May in power
11/06/17 08:14
The DUP, which is in talks with the Conservatives to keep Theresa May in power, has reportedly made protecting pensioners central to their wish list of demands.
How Davidson's demands on same-sex marriage expose the fragility of a Tory deal with the Ian Paisley party
10/06/17 21:00
Ms Davidson - whose 12 new Scottish Tory MPs kept Jeremy Corbyn out of Downing Street - spoke to The Mail on Sunday exclusively over her concerns about the deal, which was struck last night.
Downing Street rows back on its claims that an official deal has been done with Ian Paisley's DUP as it says talks are STILL ongoing
10/06/17 18:41
Downing Street has rowed back on claims an official deal has been completed with the Democratic Unionist Party hours after issuing a statement saying a 'confidence and supply' deal was reached.
Armed drills, terror endorsements and anti-gay rights: The chequered links of Ian Paisley party which has become Theresa May’s kingmakers
10/06/17 15:57
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has emerged as kingmakers after the Tory leader woefully failed to get a majority in the election - but vowed to limp on in government anyway.
May sends her chief whip to Belfast to hammer out a full-blown COALITION with Ian Paisley's party despite claims a deal with the DUP risks '20 years of work' on Northern Ireland peace
10/06/17 11:34
Theresa May has sent her chief whip to Belfast for formal coalition talks amid a warning that using Northern Ireland's DUP party to cling to No 10 risks undoing 20 years of the peace process.
Enter the new power brokers: DUP gives Tories a lifeline but can Theresa keep them happy? (and there's already a row over their policy on gay rights)
09/06/17 22:45
Critics were asking if an alliance with the Tories would enable to DUP – which has been accused of regressive, homophobic and misogynistic policies – to introduce policies in Northern Ireland.
Conquering Tory hero Ruth Davidson issues thinly-veiled attack on DUP over stance on gay rights as it is revealed the party's list of demands may include a soft Brexit
09/06/17 16:25
The intervention by the leader of the Scottish Conservatives reflects concerns the DUP may seek to push the Tories to the right on social issues if it enters into a governing coalition in Westminster.
How the DUP could affect YOUR finances: As the Northern Irish party looks set to support the Tories, seven policies that influence your money
09/06/17 15:44
Northern Ireland's DUP suddenly finds itself a very powerful influence in Westminster. So what are its policies that could affect the pound in your pocket?
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'We've suddenly become very important': DUP hail new influence as election makes tiny Northern Ireland party the kingmakers
09/06/17 07:32
But the DUP leader Arlene Foster today warned that it would be 'difficult' for Mrs May to cling on after her humiliating defeat.
Sinn Fein will NOT go back into power sharing with DUP leader Arlene Foster even after a snap election to settle a bitter row that threatens devolution
15/02/17 15:13
Sinn Fein leader Michelle O'Neill (pictured) said the party will not support the DUP leader in an executive office until an inquiry into the botched renewable energy scheme is carried out.
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Will Cameron ditch Clegg's Lib Dems to form a 'right wing alliance' with Northern Ireland's DUP?
07/05/15 23:10
If, as early exit polls suggest, the Tories finish with 316 seats, it would allow the Prime Minister to disregard the Lib Dems, and do a deal with the Northern Irish First Minister Peter Robinson's DUP.

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