The Democratic Unionist Party’s leader in Westminster, Nigel Dodds, has said their ‘confidence and supply’ deal with Theresa May is not a bribe, and will strengthen the whole country.
The much-mooted deal between Theresa May’s Conservative Party and Arlene Foster’s Democratic Unionist Party has been signed at Downing Street.
Theresa May’s Conservative Party and Arlene Foster’s Democratic Unionist Party have signed a deal which will see the Northern Irish party support the government on Brexit legislation.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) broke off talks with the Tories about supporting their minority government as relations became strained over demands for £2 billion extra spending in Northern Ireland.
Theresa May’s minority administration has failed to secure a deal with Ulster’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ahead of the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday, June 21st, with the Northern Irish party describing a Downing Street in “chaos”. The DUP, as a
Ulster’s Democratic Unionist Party, which is expected to prop up Theresa May’s minority government over the coming months, has spurned Tory Remainers who hoped they would force the Prime Minister to ask the EU for a so-called ‘Soft Brexit’. According
The Queen’s speech, which lays out the governing party’s legislative programme, has been postponed until June 21st, with the announcement of an agreement between the Conservative and the Democratic Unionists delayed by the Grenfell Tower fire. This has left Sinn Féin time to seek meetings with the Labour Party in Westminster.
The prospect of a pact between the Tory Government and Ulster’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has been welcomed as “positive” news for Jewish people and Israel by community leaders.
