Government faces humiliation as DUP poised to side with Labour over women’s pensions

Exclusive: ‘We stand by our manifesto commitment that this issue needs to be dealt with,’ DUP tells Prime Minister Theresa May faces the humiliation of a Commons defeat, as the Democratic Unionist Party prepares to side with Labour in a debate on women’s state … Continue reading →

Criticism over gulf in promises to Northern Ireland and Yorkshire

THERESA MAY’S £1bn deal to secure DUP support in the Commons dwarfs the money promised to South Yorkshire in its devolution agreement, new analysis shows. The DUP deal will deliver £244 per person in Northern Ireland compared to the £22 … Continue reading →

Stormont talks failure ‘consequence of DUP-Tory deal’

A failure to reach a power-sharing deal at Stormont is a “monumental failure” by Theresa May and sets back decades of work, Sinn Féin has said. The party’s northern leader, Michelle O’Neill, said it was a “consequence of the DUP” … Continue reading →

DUP backs deal to support Conservatives in exchange for £1.5 billion funding package

The DUP has backed a deal to support the minority Conservative government. After talks at No 10 between Theresa May and DUP leader Arlene Foster, the pair hailed the agreement between the two parties. Read on… http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/dup-backs-deal-to-support-conservatives-in-exchange-for-1-5-billion-funding-package-1-8615802 DUP and Tories … Continue reading →

Theresa May presses ahead with Brexit and Queen’s Speech in challenge to DUP

Theresa May has signalled she is ready to press ahead with the Queen’s Speech and Brexit talks next week regardless of whether she secures a deal with the DUP, in a move that was seen as an attempt to force … Continue reading →

Andrew Vine: Desperate deal with DUP digs deeper hole for Tories

And now, as if to deliberately insult those voters, this tottering administration is wedding itself to the most socially illiberal grouping in Parliament to prop itself up. Glowering DUP disapproval of abortion and, by extension the rights of women, and … Continue reading →

Sir John Major ‘dubious’ about Conservative-DUP deal

Ex-Prime Minister Sir John Major has said he is “wary” about a planned deal between the Conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party. The leader of the DUP, Arlene Foster is in No 10 talks with Theresa May, over supporting a … Continue reading →