Sky sources: Downing Street made statement on DUP deal in error
‘Theresa May’s bid to do a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party to save her premiership has been plunged into uncertainty.
In a move that could jeopardise her frantic attempts to remain as Prime Minister, the DUP is accusing Downing Street of announcing a deal on its MPs voting with the Tories in the Commons before an agreement has been reached.
After the PM sent her Chief Whip Gavin Williamson to Belfast to negotiate a deal to keep the Conservatives in power, No. 10 said the DUP had agreed to the principles of an outline agreement.
But in a dramatic twist just before midnight on Saturday, Sky sources said No.10’s account of the talks had been issued in error and the DUP had not yet reached any agreement with the Tories.’
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